gin
/dʒɪn/ (bre, ipa) · [dʒˈɪn] /dʒɪn/ (ame, ipa) · [dʒˈɪn] /ˈjin/ (ame, mw)
gin — 名詞
- ginsingular
- ginsplural
1. a strong, clear alcoholic drink that gets its taste from juniper berries; also a
琴酒
用杜松子調味的清澈烈酒
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.
Rohan 在晚餐前到飯店酒吧點了一杯琴湯尼。
collocation: gin and tonic
Aunt Élise keeps a bottle of London dry gin on the top shelf.
Élise 阿姨把一瓶倫敦干琴酒放在櫃子最上層。
modifier: London dry gin
Two gins, please, and a glass of orange juice for the boy.
請來兩杯琴酒，再給那個男孩一杯柳橙汁。
The waiter brought a tall glass of gin with ice and a slice of lime.
服務生端來一杯加冰塊和一片萊姆的高杯琴酒。
Hugo poured himself a small gin while he waited for the guests to arrive.
Hugo 一邊等客人來，一邊倒了一小杯琴酒給自己。
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
軋棉機
把棉花纖維和棉籽分開的機器
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.
Eli Whitney 在 1793 年於喬治亞州做出第一台軋棉機，改變了整個棉花產業。
historical context: invented by Eli Whitney
Workers fed armfuls of raw cotton into the gin to remove the dark seeds.
工人把一抱抱的原棉送進軋棉機，去掉黑色的棉籽。
collocation: feed cotton into the gin
The roller of the gin spun fast and pulled clean white fibre from the seeds.
軋棉機的滾筒高速轉動，把潔白的纖維從棉籽裡拉出來。
Dario repaired the broken gin so the farm could process the autumn harvest.
Dario 修好故障的軋棉機，農場才能處理秋收的棉花。
- 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
套索陷阱
套住動物腿的簡易陷阱
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.
老獵場管理員在農舍後面的兔穴旁設下一個套索陷阱。
collocation: set a gin
A young fox was caught in a gin near Andrés's chicken coop.
一隻小狐狸在 Andrés 的雞舍旁被套索陷阱困住。
passive: caught in a gin
A walker found a deer caught in a rusty gin on the hillside path.
一名健行者在山坡步道上發現一隻鹿被生鏽的套索陷阱困住。
Christopher learned to make a wire gin from his grandfather on the Yorkshire moors.
Christopher 小時候在約克郡的高地，跟祖父學做鐵絲套索陷阱。
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
琴拉米紙牌
兩人玩的拉米類紙牌遊戲
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.
Defne 每個星期天下午都和外公在廚房桌上玩琴拉米。
collocation: play gin
Isabela won three hands of gin in a row and refused to stop for dinner.
Isabela 一連贏了三局琴拉米，不肯起身吃晚餐。
collocation: a hand of gin
The full name is gin rummy, but most players just call it gin.
全名叫琴拉米（gin rummy），但多數人都直接叫它 gin。
Adaeze laid down her last cards and shouted 'Gin!' across the room.
Adaeze 把最後幾張牌攤開，朝房間另一邊大喊「Gin！」。
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 — 動詞
- 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
軋棉
用機器去除棉籽留下纖維
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.
Whitfield 家以前都先在農場把自家棉花軋好才賣出去。
transitive: gin + cotton
Tamás watched the machine gin a hundred pounds of cotton in under an hour.
Tamás 看著那台機器在不到一小時內，把一百磅棉花軋完。
subject + gin + measure of cotton
Cotton is usually ginned within days of picking to stop the seeds from going mouldy.
棉花通常在採收後幾天內就要軋好，免得棉籽發霉。
Hiro learned how to gin small batches of cotton during a textile workshop in Osaka.
Hiro 在大阪一場紡織工作坊裡，學會了小批量軋棉的做法。
- 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
誘捕；套捕
用簡易陷阱抓小動物或鳥
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.
Quinn 的祖父在嚴冬時，會用套索捕兔子來餵全家人。
transitive: gin + small animal
The poacher tried to gin pheasants on the lord's estate and was caught at dawn.
那個盜獵者試圖在領主的莊園裡用套索捕雉雞，天亮時被當場逮到。
collocation: gin + game bird
Children were warned not to gin songbirds in the woods behind the village.
村子後面樹林裡的小孩，常被警告不要用套索捕鳴禽。
Inês read in an old book how to gin a hare humanely.
Inês 在一本舊書裡讀到怎麼用套索人道地捕捉野兔。
- 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.