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    sarsaparilla

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    sarsa·pa·ril·la /ˌsɑːspəˈrɪlə $ ˌsæs-/ noun [uncountable]  DFDa sweet drink without alcohol, made from the root of the sassafras plant 菝葜汽水
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    sarsaparilla• I sat down at the counter and asked for the blue-plate special and a bottle of sarsaparilla.• The gloomy cluttered shop always smelt of black spanish and hot blackcurrant juice and strong bitter-sweet sarsaparilla.    Origin sarsaparilla (1500-1600) Spanish zarzaparrilla, from zarza “bush” + parrilla “small vine”
    sarsa·pa·ril·la nounChineseSyllable
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    sarsaparilla
    sarsa‧pa‧ril‧la /ˌsɑːspəˈrɪlə $ ˌsæs-/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Spanish
     Origin: zarzaparrilla, from zarza 'bush' + parrilla 'small vine'
    a sweet drink without alcohol, made from the root of the sassafras plant


    sar·sa·par·illaBrE /ˌsɑːspəˈrɪlə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɑːrspəˈrɪlə/ 🔊BrE /ˌsɑːsəpəˈrɪlə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɑːrsəpəˈrɪlə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a dried substance that is used to flavour drinks and medicines, obtained from a plant also called sarsaparilla 洋菝葜干根（用于饮料和药的调味） [uncountable, countable] a drink made with sarsaparilla 洋菝葜根汁饮料；沙士饮料