gin
/dʒɪn/noun
उच्चारण जिन
जिन (एक तेज़ शराब)
Core word
- 1
[U, C]
a strong clear alcoholic drink made from grain and flavoured with juniper berries
जिन (एक तेज़ शराब)
- a gin and tonic
- He ordered a gin with lime.
- The bar was famous for its gin cocktails.
+ 2 more examples
- He poured a small gin for his guest.
- Gin is made by flavouring a spirit with juniper berries.
- 2
[C]
a machine for separating the seeds from raw cotton
ओटनी, कपास ओटने की मशीन
- a cotton gin
- Eli Whitney's gin transformed the cotton industry in America.
- The cotton gin made it much faster to remove seeds.
+ 2 more examples
- Workers at the gin cleaned the cotton before it was baled.
- The mill installed a new gin last year.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
gin (uncountable) and a gin (one drink)
Gin is uncountable as a substance, but a gin means one glass or serving of it.
पदार्थ के रूप में 'gin' uncountable है, पर 'a gin' का अर्थ उसका एक गिलास या एक measure है।
- Gin is made from grain and flavoured with juniper berries.
- He ordered a gin and tonic.
cotton gin (machine)
In the second meaning, gin is a countable machine that separates cotton seeds from the fibre.
दूसरे अर्थ में 'gin' एक countable मशीन है जो कपास के बीज को रेशे से अलग करती है।
- The cotton gin made it possible to clean cotton much faster.
- Many small gins operate near the cotton markets of Gujarat.
gin + noun
Gin can be used before another noun to name things connected with the drink or the machine.
Gin का प्रयोग दूसरे noun से पहले करके पेय या मशीन से जुड़ी चीज़ों के नाम बनाए जाते हैं।
- The gin bottle was half empty.
- The gin factory employs a hundred workers.
to gin cotton (verb)
As a verb, gin means to clean cotton with a gin; this use is technical and fairly rare.
Verb के रूप में 'gin' का अर्थ gin मशीन से कपास साफ़ करना है; यह प्रयोग तकनीकी और कम आम है।
- The farmers took their cotton to be ginned in the town.
gin and tonic / gin and lime
The drink name is joined by and and is used with a, as in a gin and tonic, for one serving.
इस पेय का नाम 'and' से जुड़ता है और एक serving के लिए 'a' के साथ आता है, जैसे 'a gin and tonic'।
- She asked for a gin and tonic with ice.
+Collocations 5
gin + noun
tonicbottlecocktailglassdistillery
- The party served a gin cocktail to the guests.
adjective + gin
London drycheapstrongflavoured
- The shop sells a strong flavoured gin.
cotton + gin
cotton gininvent a ginpower ginroller gin
- Eli Whitney is known for inventing the cotton gin.
verb + gin
drinkorderdistilpourmix
- They distil gin from grain and herbs.
gin + industry words
millownerworkeroperator
- The gin owner paid the farmers at the market rate.
“More examples 6
- Eli Whitney's cotton gin changed the cotton trade of America.
एली व्हिटनी की cotton gin ने अमेरिका के कपास व्यापार को बदल दिया।
- He asked the waiter for a gin and soda.
उसने वेटर से gin और सोडा माँगा।
- Gin is a clear spirit that smells of juniper.
Gin एक साफ़ स्पिरिट है जिसकी गंध juniper जैसी होती है।
- The old gin in the village was closed when the mill opened.
मिल खुलने पर गाँव की पुरानी gin मशीन बंद कर दी गई।
- A history chapter explains how the gin increased the demand for labour.
इतिहास का एक अध्याय बताता है कि gin ने श्रम की माँग कैसे बढ़ाई।
- Because of the cotton gin, farmers could sell more cotton in less time.
Cotton gin के कारण किसान कम समय में अधिक कपास बेच सकते थे।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He drank two glass of gin yesterday.
✓ He drank two glasses of gin yesterday.
The container noun must be plural after two.
Two के बाद पात्र वाला noun plural होना चाहिए।
✗ The cotton gin were invented in 1793.
✓ The cotton gin was invented in 1793.
A singular noun takes a singular verb.
Singular noun के साथ singular verb आती है।