| 单词 | champagne cork |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschampagne cork a. General use as a modifier, and with verbal nouns and participles forming compounds in which champagne expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in champagne bubble, champagne cork, champagne grape, champagne maker, champagne tasting, champagne toast, etc.See also champagne bottle n. ΚΠ 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane iii. 114 (note) Two rivers in France, along whose banks the best Burgundy and Champagne-grapes grow. 1868 I. Saxon Five Years Golden Gate 266 Champagne-corks flew freely. 1882 Sat. Rev. 17 June 762/2 Everything..is in favour of the champagne-makers. 1925 Liberty 10 Jan. 37/2 He could feel the sharp little champagne bubbles dissolving crisply against his teeth. 1954 Financial Times 10 Aug. 4/5 One of the greatest of the champagne producers has caves at Rheims. 1990 New Jersey Goodlife Jan. 23/1 The wedding dinner is a..beautifully prepared meal comprised of a champagne toast, fantasy of fresh fruit, a mixed green salad, [etc.]. 2000 Cincinnati Jan. 53/3 A millennium cocktail party and champagne tasting.., features five different champagnes from France, Spain and California. 2008 J. Gould Greek Winds of Fury xxxiv. 302 Another Champagne cork popped, and her flute overflowed with bubbly. < as lemmas |
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