['bɑ:likɔ:n]
n.
<谑>大麦约翰(制酒的麦芽或啤酒等含酒精饮料的拟人化名称)

[ noun ]
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
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Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See {Corn}.]
1. A grain or ``corn'' of barley.

2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length
of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.

{John Barleycorn}, a humorous personification of barley as
the source of malt liquor or whisky.