malt: [OE] Malt goes back to prehistoric Germanic *malt-, a variant of which produced English melt. Hence it seems to denote etymologically the ‘softening’ of the barley or other grain by steeping it in water preparatory to germinating it for use in brewing (German malz means ‘soft’ as well as ‘malt’). => melt
malt (n.)
Old English malt (Anglian), mealt (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *maltam (cognates: Old Norse malt, Old Saxon malt, Middle Dutch, Dutch mout, Old High German malz, German Malz "malt"), from PIE *meld- (see melt (v.)), extended form of root *mel- "soft," probably via notion of "softening" the grain by steeping it in water before brewing. Finnish mallas, Old Church Slavonic mlato are considered to be borrowed from Germanic.
malt (v.)
mid-15c., "to convert grain to malt," from malt (n.). Meaning + "to make with malt" is from c. 1600. Related: Malted; malting. Malt liquor (which is fermented, not brewed) first attested 1690s. Malted "a drink with malted milk" is from 1945.
中文解释
1. melt => malt.2. Hence it seems to denote etymologically the 'softening' of the barley or other grain by steeping it in water preparatory to germinating it for use in brewing.3. 谐音“麦芽糖、麦芽的、麦芽它”。
实用例句
1. I got a bottle of my best malt out of the sideboard.
我从餐具柜里取出一瓶自己收藏的最好的麦芽威士忌。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He poured himself another generous measure of malt.
