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单词 shiraz
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Shirazn.

Brit. /ˈʃɪəraz/, /ʃɪˈraz/, U.S. /ʃ(ɪ)əˈrɑz/
Forms: 1600s Sheraz, Shyraz, Shyras, Sherash, Schiras, ( Scherah), 1700s–1800s Schiraz, 1800s Sheeraz, Shiraz.
Etymology: < Shiraz, the name of a city in Iran, formerly the capital.The French name for the grape (sense 2) is syrah (scyras , sirrah are also found). The English form is apparently an alteration of this, influenced by the belief that the vine was brought (by Crusaders) from Iran and is therefore to be identified with that from which Shiraz (sense 1a) is made.1908 E. Vizetelly & A. Vizetelly Wines of France 140 For red Hermitage the vine..is the Ciras, Scyras, or Sirrah, a corruption, it is alleged, of Shiraz, the tradition being that the hermit of the mount brought some vine cuttings with him from the East. The Ciras is, at any rate, a distinct variety.
1. Used attributively.
a. Designating a wine made in the district of Shiraz; also absol. = Shiraz wine.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > wines of other regions > [noun] > Iran
Shiraz1634
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 65 The name of Sheraz Wine is famous farre and neere.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 78 20 Camels load of Shyraz [1677 Shyras] wine.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. v. 162 An Oriental friend having sent him a butt of sheeraz [etc.].
1904 T. Wright Life E. FitzGerald I. 217 He liked to sit in the Major's snug parlour and talk, over a glass of Shiraz wine, about India.
b. Designating a kind of tobacco.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > of type from specific area
Trinidado1599
Verinas1624
Virginia1624
Orinoco1660
merry land1688
Virginia tobacco1700
Varinas1747
Latakia1833
tumbak1836
Shiraz1840
mahorka1857
Turkish1859
perique1865
Sobranie1899
torori1905
Yenidje1954
1840 N. P. Willis Loiterings of Trav. II. 224 He politely begged pardon for smoking in the Countess's presence, and filled the enamelled bowl with Shiraz tobacco.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 601 The principal kinds of Tobacco are the American..the Shiraz or Persian [etc.].
c. Shiraz lamb n. the trade name of a quality of lamb fur obtained from Persia (now Iran).
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1910 W. S. Parker in Encycl. Brit. XI. 350/2 Astrachan, Shiraz and Bokharan lambs, size 22 by 9 in., are of a coarser, looser curl, and chiefly used for coat linings.
d. Designating a rug or carpet made in the district of Shiraz; also elliptical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Persian or Iranian
Persian carpet1583
Persian1653
Persian rug1844
Tabriz1859
Kirman1876
Mecca1892
Karadagh1900
Khorassan1900
Kirmanshah1900
Shiraz1900
Hamadan1901
Shah Abbas1901
garden carpet1908
mahal1911
vase carpet1915
Nain1953
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 213 The Shiraz displays unusual features of finish.
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 214 The true Shiraz rugs may be known almost invariably by the small checked selvage.
1920 T. E. Lawrence Let. 16 Feb. (1938) 299 As for the rugs, please take any that seem worthy to you. There were two Afghans in the Arab Bureau, & a big (and not bad but thin) Shiraz, in the Savoy.
1932 P. Selver tr. K. Capek Tales from Two Pockets 189 I've got piles and piles of Shiraz, Shirvan..and other common-or-garden carpets.
1968 L. Durrell Tunc iii. 153 A small and lovely carpet—an authentic Shiraz according to the label.
1980 G. Thompson Murder Myst. (1981) xxviii. 215 A large brandy snifter now lay on the floor on the Shiraz rug.
2. The name of a variety of grape from which red wine is made, grown originally in the Rhône valley of France; the wine made from this grape.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of
labruscaa1398
muscadel1517
muscadine1598
olive grape1601
grapeletc1620
burlace1629
frontignaca1642
fox-grape1648
verjuice grape1648
muscat1655
morillon1691
muscatel1691
grapeling1694
chasselas1699
muscadella1707
frontignan1756
Morocco1763
Pineau1763
Malaga1769
wild grape1770
Nebbiolo1788
Macabeo1794
Malbec1833
Hamburg grape1838
muscadel1852
Concord grape1858
garnacha1860
sultana grape1861
Canaiolo1862
dyer1865
Sémillon1875
Bual1882
lady's finger1892
Grignolino1894
Tokay grape1896
Durif1897
Morocco grape1908
Viognier1908
gros Colmar1927
Montepulciano1927
Shiraz1927
Verdicchio1940
Cinsault1945
Müller-Thurgau1951
Mavrud1959
Pinotage1964
Mavron1965
Syrah1969
Parellada1979
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > wine from specific grapes > others
Pineau1763
Nebbiolo1788
Riesling1788
hanepoot1804
scuppernong wine1825
Sauvignon1846
Traminer1851
labrusca1854
Pinot1854
Catawba1858
Canaiolo1862
Sémillon1875
Bual1882
mavrodaphne1882
verdelho1883
Grignolino1894
aligoté1912
Chenin Blanc1913
Verdicchio1940
Cinsault1945
Sylvaner1958
Chardonnay1959
Gamza1959
Shiraz1966
cab sav1974
Lambrusco1986
Syrah1998
1927 A. I. Perold Treat. Viticulture v. 271 Shiraz, the grape of Hermitage,..produces a fine, famous red wine.
1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Oct. 2/10 He thought his 1952 shiraz was of such vast quality there was no bottle in a restaurant cellar to equal it.
1973 ‘E. Ferrars’ Small World of Murder viii. 102 They drank one of the Lyndon's own wines, a Shiraz.
1977 A. Scholefield Venom i. 38 Replanting areas with shiraz vines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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