- [uncountable]
powder that contains malt that you mix with hot milk to make a drink 好立克粉(含麦乳精,可与热牛奶混合制作饮料) - [uncountable, countable]
a drink made by mixing Horlicks powder with hot milk Topics Drinksc2好立克热饮
Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after James and William Horlick, British-born brothers whose company first manufactured the drink in the US.
Idioms
make a horlicks of something
- (British English, old-fashioned, informal)
to do something badly 弄得一团糟