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発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /mɑlt/, /mɔlt/
• 韻: -ɔːlt

名詞

malt (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 malts)

1. Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
2. Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
   • 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, section LXII:

     Oh many a peer of England brews
     Livelier liquor than the Muse,
     And malt does more than Milton can
     To justify God's ways to man.

3. (US, informal) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.

   Synonym: malted

   • 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 89:

     Afterward she sat in the drugstore sucking malt through a straw.

4. Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

派生語

動詞

malt (三人称単数 現在形 malts, 現在分詞 malting, 過去形および過去分詞形 malted)

1. (transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
2. (intransitive) To become malt.
3. (intransitive, dated, humorous) To drink malt liquor.

アナグラム

• MLAT, Mat'l, matl