possetn. hot drink made of milk curdled with ale orwine甜乳酒(一種熱飲，將啤酒或甜酒攙入牛奶，使其變成凝乳)，牛奶甜酒。
△Wiv.1.4.8:“and we'll have a posset for'tsoon at night，”今天晚上我請你喝一杯甜乳酒。
△Wiv.5.5.186(170): “Thou shalt eat a posset to-night at myhouse.”今夜我請你到我家里喝杯熱奶酒。
△Mac.2.2.7.(6):“I have drugged their possets.”我在他們的乳酒里下了藥。
possetvt. curdle使凝結(jié)。
△Ham.1.5.68:“And with asudden vigour it doth posset / And curd,like eagerdroppings into milk. / The thin and wholesomeblood.”馬上就發(fā)作起來，像酸液滴進了牛奶，一下子把淡薄而健全的血液凝固凍結(jié)起來。 |