单词 | comet vintage |
释义 | > as lemmascomet vintage comet vintage n. a wine or vintage (vintage n. 1c) produced in a year in which a notable comet appeared, and therefore thought to be of superior quality. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > high class or grade > wines of specific vintages Opimian1601 comet vintage1819 comet hock1829 1819 Morning Post 2 Feb. (advt.) Five Pipes of excellent and highly flavoured Port, of the Comet Vintage, 1812. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommercial Traveller in All Year Round 5 May 87/1 He has the moist and vinous look..of one acquainted with 'Twenty port, and comet vintages. 2008 B. Wallace Billionaire's Vinegar (2009) xii. 171 An empty Cognac bottle from the 1811 Comet vintage. < as lemmas |
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