资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mash \Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische,
   mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See {Mix}.]
   1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state
      by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy
      state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or
      meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of
      malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making
      the wort.

   2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.

   3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

   {Mash tun}, a large tub used in making mash and wort.