juice
noun/dʒuːs/
Слово англійською: juice
Переклад juice українською: сік (фрукто́вий і т. д.), сві́жий сік
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable] the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables; a drink made from this
- a glass of fruit juice
- a carton of apple juice
- lemon/lime juice
- Add the juice of two lemons.
- Two orange juices, please.
- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] the liquid that comes out of a piece of meat when it is cooked
- Use the juices of the meat to make gravy.
- [countable, usually plural] the liquid in the stomach that helps you to digest food
- digestive/gastric juices
- [uncountable] (informal) electrical energy
- My phone has run out of juice.
- [uncountable] (especially British English, informal) petrol
- [uncountable] (North American English, informal) power to influence people or influence what happens
- She has a lot of juice with city hall.
- [uncountable] (North American English, informal) alcoholic drink
- He had been on the juice all weekend and was in a bad way.
- [uncountable] (North American English, informal) anabolic steroids (= chemical substances taken by people to increase the size of their muscles)
- (also vape juice)[countable, uncountable] (informal) a liquid containing nicotine that is used in a device for vaping
- The shelves are now full of vape pens and juices.
- He needed some juice for his vape.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin jus ‘broth, vegetable juice’.
Idioms
let somebody stew in their own juice
- (informal) to leave somebody to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions