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Slender: You are afraid, if you see the bear loose, are you not?
Anne: Aye, indeed, Sir
Slender: That's meat and drink to me, now.
— Merry Wives of Windsor, i, 1.
The manufacture of wine and of fruit preserves, and many of the processes of cookery, could have scarcely been accomplished1 without a large and constant supply of sugar.
The exact date of the first introduction of the latter into England continues to be a matter of uncertainty2. It was clearly very scarce, and doubtless equally dear, when, in 1226, Henry III. asked the Mayor of Winchester to procure3 him three pounds of Alexandria sugar, if so much could be got, and also some rose and violet-coloured sugar; nor had it apparently4 grown much more plentiful5 when the same prince ordered the sheriffs of London to send him four loaves of sugar to Woodstock. But it soon made its way into the English homes, and before the end of the thirteenth century it could be procured6 even in remote provincial7 towns. It was sold either by the loaf or the pound. It was still exorbitantly8 high in price, varying from eighteen pence to three shillings a pound of coeval9 currency; and it was retailed10 by the spice-dealers.
In Russell’s “Book of Nurture,” composed about 1450, it occurs as an ingredient in hippocras; and one collects from a letter sent by Sir Edward Wotton to Lord Cobham from Calais in 1546, that at that time the quantities imported were larger, and the price reduced; for Wotton advises his correspondent of a
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vt.零售(retail的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.寄售;发货;委托;交运货物 | |
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pictorial
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scone
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n.圆饼,甜饼,司康饼 | |
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worthy
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adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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poultry
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n.家禽,禽肉 | |
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adv.爱开玩笑地;滑稽地,爱开玩笑地 | |
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adj.被照明的;受启迪的 | |
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baker
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n.面包师 | |
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analogous
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adj.相似的;类似的 | |
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vividly
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adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地 | |
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tenants
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n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者 | |
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dough
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n.生面团;钱,现款 | |
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skilfully
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adv. (美skillfully)熟练地 | |
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v.使衰弱,使失去活力( enervate的现在分词 ) | |
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n.(=value added tax)增值税,大桶 | |
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n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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glazing
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n.玻璃装配业;玻璃窗;上釉;上光v.装玻璃( glaze的现在分词 );上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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yolk
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n.蛋黄,卵黄 | |
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condiments
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n.调味品 | |
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glazed
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adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
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veal
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n.小牛肉 | |
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draught
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n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计 | |
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figures 数字,图形,外形 | |
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n.肚子( belly的名词复数 );腹部;(物体的)圆形或凸起部份;腹部…形的 | |
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pottery
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vegetarian
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squire
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connoisseurs
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potent
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stimulant
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n.刺激物,兴奋剂 | |
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bastard
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n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子 | |
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generic
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adj.一般的,普通的,共有的 | |
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backbones
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n.骨干( backbone的名词复数 );脊骨;骨气;脊骨状物 | |
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调制( brew的过去式和过去分词 ); 酝酿; 沏(茶); 煮(咖啡) | |
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vats
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varieties 变化,多样性,种类 | |
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mead
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n.蜂蜜酒 | |
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n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 );(常设有娱乐场所的)突堤;柱子;墙墩 | |
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残余部分( vestige的名词复数 ); 遗迹; 痕迹; 毫不 | |
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scour
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v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷 | |
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n.变迁,世事变化;变迁兴衰( vicissitude的名词复数 );盛衰兴废 | |
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beverage
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n.(水,酒等之外的)饮料 | |
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glossary
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