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Definition of aquavit in English: aquavit(also akvavit) noun ˌakwəˈviːtˈak- mass nounAn alcoholic spirit made from potatoes or other starchy plants. “生命之水”，利口酒（一种用马铃薯或其他淀粉类植物酿造的烈酒） Example sentencesExamples - If your smoked salmon appetizer is a popular dinner order, try offering it with a small shot of chilled aquavit or vodka.
- And to aid in digesting such a delicious and complex meal, Sweden's famous spiced vodka, aquavit, is always the perfect finish.
- There were quite a few bottles gathering dust in the liquor cabinet - Benedictine, framboise, aquavit - and he decided he might as well try them all.
- For Constitution Day, many families traditionally eat a meal of flat bread, thinly sliced dried meats, and milk porridge, with beer or aquavit as a beverage.
- It's a full of dazzling photographs, and brilliantly simple recipes, such as spicy gravlaks with aquavit, salt cod with peas and mint, spice-crusted salmon, fennel-stewed lamb, and rhubarb and strawberry soup.
- The scrappy Scandinavians spend most of August celebrating their triumphant return with elaborate parties complete with funny hats, traditional songs, copious amounts of aquavit and, of course, cartloads of crayfish.
- Think teak tabletops covered in lingonberries, herring, salmon, aquavit, pancakes and those cute little gherkins.
- This book even shows the origins of aqua vitae, akvavit and usquebaugh, all very important substances today!
- Lanza, who seems ready to leap into a fistfight over the issue, describes in tones of pure horror how he added fruit juice to his drink and ‘inadvertently used aquavit instead of gin on one occasion.’
- Once noticed, they'll be celebrating in Goteborg, Sweden's ‘little Detroit,’ by quaffing aquavit, a high-octane Scandinavian drink that could double as rocket fuel.
- Want to forget about it - go down to the bar and have an akvavit!
- Coffee and aquavit, an alcoholic beverage, are the most commonly served beverages.
- We knew that included singing, folk dancing, the joy of life, also aquavit and Gamle Dansk.
- He assured me that his company is benefiting from it, but added, ‘We'll still be drinking aquavit in Gothenburg for a long time.’
- Just make sure to include some aquavit for a post-dinner toast to the cooks, past and present, who keep tradition alive.
- We've enjoyed aquavit and pickled herring at fine restaurants as well as hot dogs and beer at no fewer than six ballparks.
OriginLate 19th century: from Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish akvavit (see aqua vitae). Definition of aquavit in US English: aquavit(also akvavit) nounˈak- An alcoholic spirit made from potatoes or other starchy plants. “生命之水”，利口酒（一种用马铃薯或其他淀粉类植物酿造的烈酒） Example sentencesExamples - Want to forget about it - go down to the bar and have an akvavit!
- We've enjoyed aquavit and pickled herring at fine restaurants as well as hot dogs and beer at no fewer than six ballparks.
- Once noticed, they'll be celebrating in Goteborg, Sweden's ‘little Detroit,’ by quaffing aquavit, a high-octane Scandinavian drink that could double as rocket fuel.
- If your smoked salmon appetizer is a popular dinner order, try offering it with a small shot of chilled aquavit or vodka.
- There were quite a few bottles gathering dust in the liquor cabinet - Benedictine, framboise, aquavit - and he decided he might as well try them all.
- This book even shows the origins of aqua vitae, akvavit and usquebaugh, all very important substances today!
- It's a full of dazzling photographs, and brilliantly simple recipes, such as spicy gravlaks with aquavit, salt cod with peas and mint, spice-crusted salmon, fennel-stewed lamb, and rhubarb and strawberry soup.
- We knew that included singing, folk dancing, the joy of life, also aquavit and Gamle Dansk.
- Lanza, who seems ready to leap into a fistfight over the issue, describes in tones of pure horror how he added fruit juice to his drink and ‘inadvertently used aquavit instead of gin on one occasion.’
- Think teak tabletops covered in lingonberries, herring, salmon, aquavit, pancakes and those cute little gherkins.
- Coffee and aquavit, an alcoholic beverage, are the most commonly served beverages.
- The scrappy Scandinavians spend most of August celebrating their triumphant return with elaborate parties complete with funny hats, traditional songs, copious amounts of aquavit and, of course, cartloads of crayfish.
- Just make sure to include some aquavit for a post-dinner toast to the cooks, past and present, who keep tradition alive.
- He assured me that his company is benefiting from it, but added, ‘We'll still be drinking aquavit in Gothenburg for a long time.’
- For Constitution Day, many families traditionally eat a meal of flat bread, thinly sliced dried meats, and milk porridge, with beer or aquavit as a beverage.
- And to aid in digesting such a delicious and complex meal, Sweden's famous spiced vodka, aquavit, is always the perfect finish.
OriginLate 19th century: from Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish akvavit (see aqua vitae). |