- [uncountable] (British English)
a powder that tastes of fruit and fizzes when you put it in your mouth, eaten as a sweet 果味汽水粉糖 - [countable, uncountable] (North American English, becoming old-fashioned) (also sorbet British and North American English, British English also water ice)
a sweet frozen food made from sugar, water and fruit juice, often eaten as a dessert 雪糕；冰糕
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Turkish şerbet, Persian šerbet, from Arabic šarba ‘drink’, from šariba ‘to drink’. Compare with syrup.