verjuice

/vur-joos/US // ˈvɜrˌdʒus //UK // (ˈvɜːˌdʒuːs) //

青汁,青柠汁,青柠酒

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an acid liquor made from the sour juice of crab apples, unripe grapes, etc., formerly much used for culinary and other purposes.
- : sourness, as of temper or expression.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Also verjuiced .
- : of or relating to verjuice.
- : sour in temper, expression, etc.

It is the apt accompaniment of a whining tongue, the fit complement of a verjuice countenance.
That spruce, affected little popinjay over there, who looks as if he had been drinking verjuice.
Bishop Swinfield's vineyard at Ledbury yielded seven pipes of white wine and nearly one of verjuice in the autumn of 1289.
The word occurs often in a sense in which acetum is the best representative, associated with verjuice and vinegar.
On the same man, as in a vineyard, grow far different grapes—on the sunny south nectar, and on the bleak north verjuice.