rum
/ɹʌm/ nom B1En français : rhum
- A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses. · The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
- A serving of rum. · Jake tossed down three rums.
- A kind or brand of rum. · Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
- A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
Pluriel rums
Dans la bibliothèque
“But it’s a rum thing all the same.
Everything about this case is rum.
A sailor was rubbing his limbs with a woollen cloth; another, whom he recognized as the one who had cried out “Courage!” held a gourd full of rum to his mouth; while the third, an old sailor, at once the pilot and captain, looked on with that egotistical pity men feel for a misfortune that they have escaped yesterday, and which may overtake them tomorrow.
A few drops of the rum restored suspended animation, while the friction of his limbs restored their elasticity.
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