| 单词 | coffee |
| 释义 | coffee['kɒfi]n. 咖啡, 咖啡色【医】 咖啡, 咖啡豆 coffee cof.fee AHD: [kô“f¶, k¼f“¶] D.J. [6k%8fi8, 6kKfi8]K.K. [6k%fi, 6k$fi]n.（名词）1. Any of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genusCoffea, especially C. arabica, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating, aromatic drink. 咖啡树：一种咖啡 属热带非洲地区的灌木或树，尤指因经干燥、烘烤和研磨以作为一种剌激性的、有香味的饮料的种子而广泛在热带地区栽培的 小果咖啡 2. The beanlike seeds of this plant, enclosed within a pulpy fruit.咖啡豆：被包在肉质果实内的这种植物的豆样种子3. The beverage prepared from the seeds of this plant.咖啡饮料：用这种植物的种子作出的饮料4. Color A moderate brown to dark brown or dark grayish brown.【色彩】 咖啡色：从浅褐色到深褐色或深灰褐色5. An informal social gathering at which coffee and other refreshments are served.非正式的社交集会：供应咖啡和其他饮料的一种非正式的公共集会n.attributive.（定语名词）Often used to modify another noun:常用于修饰其他名词：a coffee cup; a coffee grinder.咖啡杯；咖啡研磨器语源:1. Alteration influenced by Italian caffè from Turkish 受 意大利语 caffè 的影响 源自 土耳其语 2. of Ottoman Turkish qahveh 奥斯曼土耳其语 qahveh的变化 3. from Arabic qahwah 源自 阿拉伯语 qahwah 注释:Would one be as ready to drinkchaoua, kauhi, or coffa as coffee ? Most of these exotic early forms of our word reflect the factthat coffee, though a normal accompaniment to the life of many English speakers, was originally an exotic substance.Coffee came to Europe from the Middle East, where its name wasqahveh, an Ottoman Turkish pronunciation of Arabicqahwah, the Turks having borrowed the word and the drink from the Arabs.The first three forms cited above show the influence of the Middle Eastern words for coffee.Our formcoffee results from combining caffè, the Italian version of the Middle Eastern word, and the vowel of the Middle Eastern word, represented by o. Coffee is first recorded in English in 1601 with the spelling coffe. 人们愿意喝chaoua, kauhi 或 coffa ，就如 coffee 一样吗？ 我们言语的这些早期外来形式大多反映这一事实：咖啡虽然常伴随着许多说英语的人的生活，但它是来源于国外的东西。咖啡从中东传到欧洲，在中东它的名称是qahveh ， 阿拉伯的奥斯曼土耳其人发音为qahwah 。 土耳其人自阿拉伯借用该单词和饮料。上面引用的前三个形式表明中东话对咖啡这个单词的影响。我们的形式coffee ，得自结合中东单词的意大利的 caffe 和中东单词中用 o字母表示的元音字母。 Coffee在英国于1601年首次被记载，拼作 coffe. |
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