wort
wort — 名詞
1. A sweet liquid produced from crushed grain and hot water before it is fermented
麥芽汁
釀造啤酒或威士忌時，由麥芽產生的甜液體
A sweet liquid produced from crushed grain and hot water before it is fermented and turned into beer or whiskey.
The brewer checked the temperature of the wort before adding the yeast.
釀酒師在加入酵母之前，先檢查了麥芽汁的溫度。
After boiling the wort, Hari added hops to give the beer its bitter taste.
Hari 將麥芽汁煮沸後，加入啤酒花來賦予啤酒苦味。
boiled wort + hops — brewing process sequence
The sweet smell of fresh wort filled the small brewery every Saturday morning.
每個星期六早上，新鮮麥芽汁的香甜氣味充滿了整間小啤酒廠。
Brandon carefully poured the cooled wort into the fermentation tank for the next stage.
Brandon 小心翼翼地將冷卻後的麥芽汁倒入發酵槽，準備進行下一階段。
Too much sugar in the wort can make the beer taste very strong and heavy.
麥芽汁中的糖分過多，會使啤酒喝起來味道又濃又烈。
用法筆記
Uncountable noun used mainly in professional brewing and home-brewing contexts. The wort is produced after mashing (mixing crushed malt with hot water) but before fermentation.
2. A word element that appears in the names of various plants, many of which have b
植物名後綴
用於某些植物名稱中，尤其是藥用植物
A word element that appears in the names of various plants, many of which have been or are still used in traditional herbal medicine.
St. John's wort is a common herb that some people use to improve their mood.
聖約翰草是一種常見的草藥，有些人用它來改善情緒。
St. John's wort as a herbal remedy — most common example
Mizuki found a patch of liverwort growing on the damp soil near the stream.
Mizuki 在溪邊潮濕的土壤上發現了一片地錢。
liverwort in damp habitat — botanical context
The herbalist showed Abigail how to identify milkwort among the meadow grasses.
草藥師向 Abigail 展示如何在草叢中辨識遠志。
Some types of bladderwort trap tiny insects in their underwater leaves to get nutrients.
某些種類的狸藻會在水下的葉片裡捕捉小蟲以獲取養分。
Greta planted St. John's wort in her garden for its bright yellow summer flowers.
Greta 在花園裡種了聖約翰草，因為它夏天會開出鮮黃色的花。
用法筆記
Appears almost exclusively as the second part of a compound plant name (e.g. liverwort, milkwort, bladderwort, St. John's wort). Each compound name refers to a different plant family. The element itself has no independent botanical meaning in modern English outside these established names.