mescal

美 [ˈmeskæl]英 [ˈmeskæl]
  • n.(墨西哥)麦斯卡尔酒;龙舌兰;威廉斯仙人球
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noun

1
a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
2
a small spineless globe-shaped cactus;source of mescal buttons
Synonym: mezcal peyote Lophophora williamsii

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  1. His early life path became as twisted as the notorious mescal worm .

    他的早年生活变得跟恶名昭彰的龙舌兰虫一样疯狂?

  2. The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons .

    龙舌兰花的积极元素的迷幻生物碱。

  3. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus ; source of mescal buttons .

    小型无刺的球状仙人掌;威廉斯仙人球花之源。

  4. Juice from the stem is somewhat sweet and can be pressed and fermented to make the fiery liquor mescal de sotol .

    其茎部的汁液有稍许甜味,经过压榨发酵后,可制成烈性的龙舌兰酒。

  5. The radiologist on my right selected a bottle of mescal from the booze on the table and poured some into a clear plastic cup .

    我右边的一位放射线专家从桌上的酒堆里挑了一瓶龙舌兰,用一个干净的塑料杯倒了点。

  6. This time , Nautile 's mother ship , L'Atalante , had spent three weeks trawling around a similar vent in the East Pacific Ridge as part of the MESCAL project , a collaboration between a dozen American and European oceanographic research institutions .

    这一次,鹦鹉螺号的母船亚特兰大号在东太平洋海脊一处相似的热泉附近网了三个星期鱼,这也是欧美十几个海洋研究所合作项目“龙舌兰”的一部分。