vodka: [19] Vodka denotes etymologically ‘little water’. The word was borrowed at the beginning of the 19th century from Russian vodka, which is a diminutive form of voda ‘water’. And voda came from the same Indo-European source (*wedōr, *wodōr) as produced English water. The euphemistic application of the term water to distilled spirits is also responsible for eau de vie and whisky, both of which mean literally ‘water of life’. => water
vodka (n.)
1802, from Russian vodka, literally "little water," diminutive of voda "water" (from PIE *wod-a-, from root *wed- (1) "water, wet;" see water (n.1)) + diminutive suffix -ka.
中文解释
1. from Russian vodka, literally "little water," from voda "water" (see water) + diminutive suffix -ka.2. 音译“伏特加”
实用例句
1. Oscar, much the worse for vodka, did a striptease.
奥斯卡喝了伏特加后醉醺醺地跳起了脱衣舞。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Sales of Russian vodka have reached an all-time high.
俄罗斯伏特加酒的销量已达到历史最高水平。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Taggart debated whether to have yet another double vodka.
