bourbon

n. （法国的）波旁皇族；政治上之极端保守分子

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bourbon 波旁威士忌酒（产于美国）

产于美国Bourbon County的威士忌酒。该郡因当时的法国Bourbon 王朝支持而从英国获得独立，为感谢Bourbon王朝的帮助而以Bourbon命名。

bourbon (n.): type of American corn whiskey, 1846, from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it first was made, supposedly in 1789. Bourbon County was organized 1785, one of the nine established by the Virginia legislature before Kentucky became a state. The name reflects the fondness felt in the United States for the French royal family, and especially Louis XVI, in gratitude for the indispensable support he had given to the rebel colonists. See Bourbon.
Bourbon: line of French kings (who also ruled in Naples and Spain), of whom it was proverbially said, "they learn nothing and forget nothing." The royal family ruled in France 1589-1792 and 1815-1848; its name is from Bourbon l'Archambault, chief town of a lordship in central France, probably from Borvo, name of a local Celtic deity associated with thermal springs, whose name probably is related to Celtic borvo "foam, froth."

2. I poured two final fingers of bourbon into my glass.: 我把最后两指宽的波旁威士忌都倒进自己杯中。

4. "You drink Scotch," she said. "All Republicans drink Scotch." — "Wrong on both counts. I'm a Democrat, and I drink bourbon.": “你喝苏格兰威士忌，”她说。“所有共和党人都喝苏格兰威士忌。”——“都说错了。我是民主党人，我喝波旁威士忌。”

5. The French Revolution encompassed the fall of the House of Bourbon.: 法国大革命造成波旁王朝的崩溃.