資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
{Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
{Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
{Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
{Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
{Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
{Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
{Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
{Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
{Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, or {Dutch gold}, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze leaf}.
{Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
{C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
dutch clover
n : creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and
bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely
grown for forage [syn: {white clover}, {shamrock}, {Trifolium
repens}]