单词 | martini |
释义 | Martinin.1 Now historical. ΚΠ 1868 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 29 Aug. 551/1 Of the breech action this much is known. It will be adapted to fire a central-fire Boxer cartridge; and, by a process of careful elimination, the number of systems from which the choice is likely to be made has been narrowed down to four, viz.:—the Henry, the Martini, the Kerr, and the Carter-Edwards. 1868 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 29 Aug. 551/2 The Martini has a rear-hinged block. 1870 Colburn's United Service Mag. 1 367 The only thing then remaining to be done was to fit the Martini breech to the Henry barrel. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 282/2 The combination of the Martini breech action with the Henry barrel. 2. A rifle combining features of the Martini with the Henry rifle; = Martini–Henry n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of three-o(h)-three1683 air rifle1801 yager1817 big bore1838 seventy-five1840 telescopic rifle1850 Minié rifle1851 needle rifle1856 pea rifle1856 Lancaster1857 six-shooting1858 Whitworth1858 Henry1861 polygroove1863 telescopic-sighted rifle1863 spencer1866 magazine rifle1867 Snider rifle1868 chassepot1869 Martini–Henry rifle1869 Winchester1871 Mauser rifle1872 Martini1876 saloon rifle1881 express1884 express rifle1884 Mannlicher1884 Mauser1887 Lee-Enfield1888 Flobert1890 pump gun1890 take-down1895 two-two1895 Ross rifle1901 hammer-rifle1907 sporter1907 French 751914 twenty-two1925 machine-gun rifle1941 assault rifle1950 assault weapon1968 kalashnikov1970 assault rifle1975 1876 Rifle Shot's Man. 21 With the Martini..a considerably increased allowance can be made. 1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 48 When 'arf of your bullets fly wide in the ditch, Don't call your Martini a cross-eyed old bitch. 1899 Times 9 June 13/3 Our foes..selected European regiments armed with the Lee-Metford for attack, rather than face native infantry with Martinis. 1962 H. L. Peterson Bk. Gun 182/1 From 1871 until after the adoption of smokeless powder, the Martini served as the principal British single-shot weapon. 1976 Mil. Affairs 40 98/1 With the Martinis, Turks began to kill..at 2,000 yards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Martinin.2 (a) More fully Martini cocktail. A cocktail containing (esp. dry) vermouth combined with gin or (less frequently) with vodka. (b) A proprietary name for: a type of vermouth, manufactured in varying degrees of sweetness. dry Martini n. (a) a Martini cocktail consisting of more gin than vermouth, sometimes with the addition of orange bitters, etc.; (b) (a drink of) the dry variety of Martini. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > vermouths or aperitifs > [noun] mandram1756 vermouth1806 French1841 Amer Picon1881 Picon1881 Martini1884 Noilly Prat1906 Riccadonna1906 Pernod1908 Dubonnet1913 Carpano1921 Campari1923 Cinzano1923 pastis1926 Chambéry1929 Italian1929 Lillet1930 porto français1934 Punt e Mes1934 Pineau1940 Suze1950 Pineau des Charentes1958 Ricard1965 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > gin cocktail gin sling1790 thunder and lightning1802 Tom Collins1876 Martini1884 silver-fizz1901 pahit1902 pink gin1903 Clover Club1925 gimlet1928 gin and it1929 pink lady1929 Alexander1930 Gibson1930 silver bullet1930 Singapore sling1930 White Lady1930 pink1942 negroni1947 pinkers1961 dirty martini1991 1884 O. H. Byron Mod. Bartenders' Guide 21 Martinez cocktail... Same as Manhattan, only you substitute gin for whisky. 1887 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 June 2/2 Sample the bewildering depths of the ‘Martini cocktail’. 1894 Puck (N.Y.) 28 Nov. 238/2 (advt.) The Club Cocktails Manhattan, Martini, Whisky, [etc.]. 1896 Crescent (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1 Aug. 11/2 As he sipped his martini and inhaled its seductive bouquet, a far-away look came into his baby-blue eyes. 1903 G. Ade People you Know 20 It was an actual mystery to him that any one could dally with a Dry Martini while there was a Hydrant on every Corner. 1909 Sat. Evening Post 10 Apr. 37/2 The first-night death-watch..could recognize a block away a Bronx, Martini or Manhattan cocktail by its color. 1909 Dietetic & Hygienic Gaz. 25 488/2 I..ordered him to bring two dry Martine cocktails. 1919 C. Mackenzie Sylvia & Michael v. 203 What are you going to have? Ordered a Martini here the other day. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves ii. 57 A nicely-balanced meal, preceded by a couple of dry Martinis, washed down with half a bot. 1935 F. H. Lee Days & Years in Japan 72 A much needed Martigny cocktail. 1953 D. A. Embury Fine Art of Mixing Drinks 36 Martinis, Manhattans, and other cocktails containing wine can be stirred with a rod or long spoon. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Dec. 733/4 The sham, artificial life of all-night martini parties. 1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 542/1 The Italian Cinzano may be red or white, sweet or fairly dry—as also may Martini and Gancia. 1973 J. Jones Touch of Danger xxvii. 162 I began to swish the martini mixture in the big Mason jar. 1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride xlvi. 359 The two martinis aren't helping, in the get-a-grip department. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11868n.21884 |
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