alcohol
酒精,酒类,酗酒,醇类
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- : Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water-miscible liquid, C2H5OH, having an etherlike odor and pungent, burning taste, the intoxicating principle of fermented liquors, produced by yeast fermentation of certain carbohydrates, as grains, molasses, starch, or sugar, or obtained synthetically by hydration of ethylene or as a by-product of certain hydrocarbon syntheses: used chiefly as a solvent in the extraction of specific substances, in beverages, medicines, organic synthesis, lotions, tonics, colognes, rubbing compounds, as an automobile radiator antifreeze, and as a rocket fuel.Compare denatured alcohol, methyl alcohol.
- : whiskey, gin, vodka, or any other intoxicating liquor containing this liquid.
- : Chemistry. any of a class of chemical compounds having the general formula ROH, where R represents an alkyl group and –OH a hydroxyl group, as in methyl alcohol, CH3OH, or ethyl alcohol, C2H5OH.
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In Davidson County, bars that derive a majority of their revenue from alcohol sales also closed, and will not reopen for at at least two weeks.
It’s dangerous to add scents with food flavors to hand sanitizers which children could think smells like food, eat and get alcohol poisoning.
He noted that California reported a spike in reports of alcohol delivery to minors in April.
The Culture Trip reoriented its advertising strategy around streaming services, alcohol and groceries, vp of global sales Kate Glover said.
In 2018, US venture capital investment in cannabis companies topped $900 million, and the combined value of roughly 200 merger and acquisition deals was more than $15 billion—more than a third of which came from tobacco and alcohol companies.
Alcohol and sugar, even in moderate amounts, are not only sinful but poisonous.
Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
Their logic: the sea-creature would come alive and drink up any remaining alcohol.
You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.
They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, , and ether.