English Dictionary

wormwood

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

日本語の意味

非常に苦い薬用植物で、アブサンやヴェルムートの製造、医薬品やトニックとして利用される。

The distiller carefully measured a pinch of wormwood to balance the bitter notes in the vermouth.

蒸留師は、ベルモットの風味を整えるために、ほんの一つまみのニガヨモギ（Artemisia absinthium）を慎重に計量した。

意味（1）

An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!

意味（2）

(figuratively) Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.

The irony of this reply was wormwood to Zeluco; he fell into a gloomy fit of musing, and made no farther inquiry […] .

wormwoods （ plural ）