agave

noun

1. 龙舌兰（生长在南北美洲热带干旱地区）
   a plant that grows in hot dry areas of N and S America, with sharp points on the leaves and tall groups of flowers

1. He worked with family that has grown agave, used to produce all tequilas, for five generations.
   他的合作对象是一个连续五代人一直种植龙舌兰的农户（这种植物是所有龙舌兰酒的原料）。
2. Spread a scoop of canned pumpkin on toasted whole wheat bread and then drizzle agave or maple syrup on top.
   在全麦烤面包上涂上罐头南瓜，龙舌兰小雨或枫糖浆。
3. At stake is a booming tequila market that has seen rapid consumer interest in the U.S. as Avion, Patron and other manufacturers focus more on the quality of the agave and the distillation process.
   随着艾维、Patron和其他制造商更专注于龙舌兰的质量和蒸馏过程，龙舌兰酒市场呈现出一派蓬勃发展的景象，美国消费者对这种烈酒的兴趣与日俱增。
4. Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae.
   龙舌兰科一个旧大陆热带多年生草本属；有些分类认为它是百合科的一个属。
5. I see plots of agave and traders coming in from over the mountains bringing different pottery and textiles. If we are accustomed to thinking in Chinese, this would mean we have to go through an additional process of mental translation which will impede spontaneous exchange and debate.
   我还看见一大片的龙舌兰，还有商人翻山越岭带来很多的陶器与织品。要是我们习惯了用华文思考，这就等于须经历另一段翻译过程，不利于唇枪舌剑的短兵相接。
6. I like the taste of agave nectar and have started using it in my kitchen, as well as trying products that contain it.
   我喜欢龙舌兰油的味道，并已经在厨房中用到它，也开始在食物中用到它。
7. Either way, even these efforts might not prevent another agave crisis.
   然而，即便这些努力可能也无法阻止另一场龙舌兰危机。
8. Inside your American agave liquor adds the ice piece?
   你的龙舌兰酒里面是加冰块的？
9. Escamoles are the eggs of the giant black Liometopum ant, which makes its home in the root systems of maguey and agave plants.
   彝斯咖魔是一种黑色的巨型光胸臭蚁的卵，这种蚂蚁的巢穴安在龙舌兰和龙舌兰属植物的根部。
10. What brand is acknowledged as the first 100% blue agave tequila imported into the US?
    第一个出口到美国的采用100%龙舌兰酿造的特基拉酒是哪个品牌？
11. The alcoholic drink is distilled from sweet juices that form when stems of a native cactus, the blue agave, are cooked.
    人们从当地的一种仙人掌&龙舌兰的茎中煮出甜汁，然后再把甜汁蒸馏，得到龙舌兰酒。
12. Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an Agave plant.
    墨西哥的一种用已发酵的龙舌兰植物的汁液制成的酒。
13. The wife and that Beijing girls jumped enlighten, was called a bottle of American agave liquor.
    老婆和那个北京女孩蹦迪去了，就叫上一瓶龙舌兰酒。
14. Woven carpet of sisal or other fibres of the agave family
    编织地毯，剑麻或龙舌兰属其他纤维制
15. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants.
    用于制粗麻线的硬纤维，取自菲律宾龙舌兰属植物。
16. Second, cross-pollination is usually impossible because farmers cut off the agave flowers to boost sugar content in the stem.
    第二个因素是，农民为了增加茎的糖分，而把龙舌兰的花砍掉，这就导致了龙舌兰之间无法异花授粉。
17. This so-called mixed-tequila is usually shipped as fraud and sold as "100% Agave".
    这个所谓的混合酒通常是出货欺诈和销售的“100%龙舌兰”。
18. I am more concerned about the sustainability of agave as a food source, because demand may soon exceed supply.
    我更为关心将龙舌兰作为食物原料的持续发展，因为需要很快会供不应求。
19. Methods Study the effect of the water extract of Agave americana proliferating induced by cotton pellet in rats and increasing capillary permeability induced by acetic acid and pain reaction induced by acetic acid in mice.
    方法通过观察龙舌兰水提取液对大鼠棉球肉芽增生、醋酸引起小鼠毛细血管通透性增高及醋酸引起小鼠躯体疼痛的影响。
20. The activation of agavain-SH by agave pollen was detected by using DHT-casein method.
    用DHT&酪蛋白法测定了剑麻花粉对剑麻蛋白酶的激活作用。
21. A new steroidal saponin and two known steroidal compounds were isolated from fermented leaves of Agave americana.
    从龙舌兰（Agaveamericana）的发酵叶汁中分离到一个新甾体皂苷。

noun

1. tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes

   Synonym:    century plantAmerican aloe