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单词 advocaat
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Definition of advocaat in English:

advocaat

noun ˈadvəkɑː
mass noun
  • A liqueur made with eggs, sugar, and brandy.

    蛋酒(一种用蛋、糖和白兰地混合制成的饮料)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They drank the advocaat, and nothing happened.
    • We remained thankful however that the seal on the advocaat remained intact.
    • I bought a bottle of advocaat today for Christmas.
    • I also got some advocaat toffees and I like those too.
    • So I asked for the only drink I knew: advocaat and cherry brandy.

Origin

1930s: from Dutch, literally 'advocate' (being originally considered a lawyer's drink).

  • This word for a liqueur made of eggs, sugar, and brandy, is an adoption of the Dutch word for ‘advocate’: it was originally considered ‘a lawyer's drink’, and this was the meaning of the full form in Dutch: advocatenborrel. Advocate (Middle English) comes from Latin advocare ‘to call to one's aid’.

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