Word · Frequency #3716
whiskies
威士忌
whiskies is the plural of whisky.
a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- 1.
n a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
威士忌酒；轻便马车
威士忌酒；轻便马车；[化] 威士忌酒
In use
He ordered a glass of whisky after dinner.
The bar offers a wide selection of single malt whiskies.
She added a little whisky to the sauce for flavor.
drink whisky
Whisky 为不可数名词，通常不加冠词。
He likes to drink whisky.
他喜欢喝威士忌。
have a glass of whisky
常用量词结构，表示一份威士忌。
She ordered a glass of whisky.
她点了一杯威士忌。
whisky on the rocks
"On the rocks" 意为加冰块。
I'll have whisky on the rocks, please.
请给我一杯威士忌加冰。
Common mistakes
She ordered a glass of whiskey.She ordered a glass of whisky.
学习者将whisky误拼为whiskey，这是英式英语（whisky）与美式英语（whiskey）的拼写差异。
He bought two whiskys.He bought two whiskies.
whisky的复数形式为whiskies，而非规则变化加-s，学习者错误地使用了规则复数。
Connections
Collocations
- Scotch whisky
- 苏格兰威士忌
- I prefer Scotch whisky over bourbon.比起波本威士忌，我更喜欢苏格兰威士忌。
- single malt whisky
- 单一麦芽威士忌
- He ordered a glass of single malt whisky.他点了一杯单一麦芽威士忌。
- blended whisky
- 调和威士忌
- Blended whisky is often smoother.调和威士忌通常更顺滑。
- drink whisky
- 喝威士忌
- They drink whisky at the bar.他们在酒吧喝威士忌。
- a bottle of whisky
- 一瓶威士忌
- She bought a bottle of whisky for the party.她为聚会买了一瓶威士忌。
- whisky sour
Learner notes
Memory Tip
威士忌酒英文whisky，谐音‘威士忌’，拼写无字母e，联想苏格兰威士忌。
Context & Register
neutral
Grammar Note
通常为不可数名词，但表示种类或一份时可用作可数名词（如 whiskies）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
risky and frisky rhyme with whisky. Whisk looks similar but sounds different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.