gin
/dʒɪn/ (bre, ipa) · [dʒˈɪn] /dʒɪn/ (ame, ipa) · [dʒˈɪn] /ˈjin/ (ame, mw)
gin — noun
- ginsingular
- ginsplural
1. a strong, clear alcoholic drink that gets its taste from juniper berries; also a
a strong, clear alcoholic drink that gets its taste from juniper berries; also a single glass or measure of this drink.
Rohan ordered a gin and tonic at the hotel bar before dinner.
collocation: gin and tonic
Aunt Élise keeps a bottle of London dry gin on the top shelf.
modifier: London dry gin
Two gins, please, and a glass of orange juice for the boy.
The waiter brought a tall glass of gin with ice and a slice of lime.
Hugo poured himself a small gin while he waited for the guests to arrive.
文法句型
a gin and tonic
two gins, please
用法筆記
Used as an uncountable noun for the drink in general (a bottle of gin, the taste of gin), and as a countable noun for individual servings (two gins, a small gin).
常見錯誤
2. a machine on a cotton farm or in a factory that pulls cotton fibres away from th
a machine on a cotton farm or in a factory that pulls cotton fibres away from the seeds inside the raw cotton boll.
Eli Whitney built his first gin in Georgia in 1793 and changed the cotton industry.
historical context: invented by Eli Whitney
Workers fed armfuls of raw cotton into the gin to remove the dark seeds.
collocation: feed cotton into the gin
The roller of the gin spun fast and pulled clean white fibre from the seeds.
Dario repaired the broken gin so the farm could process the autumn harvest.
- cotton gin
the full unambiguous name; safer in non-farming contexts
文法句型
a cotton gin
feed cotton into the gin
用法筆記
Often appears in the full form 'cotton gin' to avoid confusion with the alcoholic drink. The standalone 'gin' is mainly used in cotton-industry contexts.
3. a simple trap, often made with a loop of rope or wire that tightens around an an
a simple trap, often made with a loop of rope or wire that tightens around an animal's leg, used to catch small wild creatures or birds.
The old gamekeeper set a gin near the rabbit warren behind the farmhouse.
collocation: set a gin
A young fox was caught in a gin near Andrés's chicken coop.
passive: caught in a gin
A walker found a deer caught in a rusty gin on the hillside path.
Christopher learned to make a wire gin from his grandfather on the Yorkshire moors.
文法句型
set a gin
caught in a gin
用法筆記
Mainly literary or historical. Modern English usually prefers 'snare' or 'trap'; 'gin' in this sense appears in older novels and rural country writing.
4. a two-player card game in the rummy family; a player wins by ending a round with
a two-player card game in the rummy family; a player wins by ending a round with matched sets in hand and fewer than ten points in stray cards.
Defne and her grandfather played gin every Sunday afternoon at the kitchen table.
collocation: play gin
Isabela won three hands of gin in a row and refused to stop for dinner.
collocation: a hand of gin
The full name is gin rummy, but most players just call it gin.
Adaeze laid down her last cards and shouted 'Gin!' across the room.
文法句型
play gin
a hand of gin
用法筆記
Often called 'gin rummy' in full. Saying 'Gin!' at the end of a hand is the standard way to announce a winning lay-down in the game.
gin — verb
- ginpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gins3rd person singular
- ginning-ing form
- ginnedpast simple
1. to pass raw cotton through a special machine so that the seeds are pulled out an
to pass raw cotton through a special machine so that the seeds are pulled out and clean fibre is left behind.
The Whitfield family used to gin their cotton on the farm before selling it.
transitive: gin + cotton
Tamás watched the machine gin a hundred pounds of cotton in under an hour.
subject + gin + measure of cotton
Cotton is usually ginned within days of picking to stop the seeds from going mouldy.
Hiro learned how to gin small batches of cotton during a textile workshop in Osaka.
- process
general term; less specific about removing the seeds
文法句型
gin cotton
gin the harvest
用法筆記
Technical farming verb; mostly used in passive ('cotton is ginned') and in trade or industry writing. Object is almost always 'cotton' or a specific amount of cotton.
2. to catch a small wild animal or bird in a simple loop trap, usually for food or
to catch a small wild animal or bird in a simple loop trap, usually for food or fur.
In hard winters Quinn's grandfather would gin rabbits to feed the family.
transitive: gin + small animal
The poacher tried to gin pheasants on the lord's estate and was caught at dawn.
collocation: gin + game bird
Children were warned not to gin songbirds in the woods behind the village.
Inês read in an old book how to gin a hare humanely.
- release
to let a trapped animal go
文法句型
gin a rabbit
gin small game
用法筆記
Archaic and literary. Modern English prefers 'snare' or 'trap'; this verb survives mainly in old country and hunting writing.