| 词组 | espresso, expresso |
| 释义 | espresso, expresso The strong coffee made by forcing steam under pressure through finely ground coffee beans is known in Italian as caffé espresso, or just espresso for short. Contrary to a popular belief of English-speakers, the espresso means not "fast" but "pressed out"—it refers to the process by which the coffee is made, not the speed of the process. The idea that caffé espresso means "fast coffee" may have contributed somewhat to the occurrence in English of the variant expresso, or the variant may have originated simply because it more closely resembles a familiar English word than does espresso. In any case, expresso is in widespread use, both on menus and in edited prose: • Jérôme sidled to the expresso bar —Jerome Charyn, Antaeus, Winter 1976 • ... thick expresso with a shot of Calvados —Patricia Wells, N.Y. Times, 6 June 1982 Several current dictionaries, including Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and the OED Supplement, recognize expresso as an established variant, but there are others that omit it altogether or treat it as a mistake. Espresso is undoubtedly the more common form, at least in writing, and is undoubtedly favored by the cognoscenti. |
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