| 词组 | whiskey, whisky |
| 释义 | whiskey, whisky The spelling whiskey is used by Irish and American distillers; whisky is preferred by their counterparts in Britain and Canada. Both spellings are used by Americans in general contexts (that is, other than on the label of a bottle of rye or bourbon), but whiskey is more common: • ... he had been arrested and tried for making whiskey —William Faulkner, Knight's Gambit, 1949 • ... walking to the filing cabinet for the hidden whiskey —James Jones, From Here To Eternity, 1951 • ... produced bootleg whisky —Nicholas Pileggi, New York, 24 July 1972 • ... a glass of whiskey beside the typewriter —Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Saturday Rev., 29 Oct. 1977 Some writers make a point of omitting the e when referring specifically to whiskey distilled in Britain (that is, Scotland) or Canada. |
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