| 词汇 | punch |
| 词源 | punch. Legend has it that our beverage punch derives from the Hindi panch, “five,” because it originally had five ingredi- ents: arrack, tea, lemon, sugar, and water. More likely the word comes from the puncheon, or large cask, from which grog was served to sailors in the East India trade. In any event, the Indian beverage was a great favorite with sailors and was brought back to England in the late 1600s. |
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