liquorice

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ldoce_203_aliq·uo·rice British English, licorice American English /ˈlɪkərɪs, -rɪʃ/ noun [uncountable]  1. DFa black substance produced from the root of a plant, used in medicine and sweets 甘草浸膏〔用来制药和糖果〕 →5  See picture of LIQUORICE 甘草糖 →4  See picture of 见图 liquorice2. DFFsweets made from this substance 甘草糖

Examples from the Corpus

liquorice• Kinnear's eyes were as black as liquorice.• Next to me a girl eating a box of liquorice torpedoes.• The box of liquorice torpedoes leaves the hand of the girl next to me.• The days of liquorice were over.• We lay among the damp dunes and ate peppermint rock and red liquorice.• I admire, irritated, his black shoes with their liquorice laces, his watch, the white collar of his rank.

liq·uo·rice nounChineseSyllable  

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liquorice
liq‧uo‧rice British English, licorice American English /ˈlɪkərɪs, -rɪʃ/ noun [uncountable]
1. a black substance produced from the root of a plant, used in medicine and sweets
2.
  sweets made from this substance

li·quor·ice (especially BrE) (NAmE usually lic·orice) BrE /ˈlɪkərɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪkərɪʃ/ 🔊BrE /ˈlɪkərɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪkərɪs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] a firm black substance with a strong flavour, obtained from the root of a plant, used in medicine and to make sweets/candy; a sweet/candy made from this substance 甘草（用于制药或糖果）；甘草糖