单词 | vin blanc |
释义 | vin blancn. 1. a. French white wine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > white wine white wineOE whitec1405 vin blanc1789 vinho branco1835 vino blanco1981 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 16 Aug. in Trav. France (1792) i. 164 He gave me a bottle of excellent vin blanc mousseux, made in Auvergne. 1814 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France 29 Pouilly, [renowned] for its Vin Blanc. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. viii. 142 Regaled with gaufres and vin blanc. 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 313 Vin blanc, French white wine made from vinegar. They forgot the red ink. 1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. ix. 157 The vin blanc break around eleven o'clock. 1974 Country Life 31 Jan. 183/2 An enormous amount..must be sold not as burgundy at all but as plain vin rouge or vin blanc. b. vin blanc cassis [cassis n.] , (see quot. 1964). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > other wine drinks rambooze1656 barley wine1728 hock-cup1851 speedball1926 spritz1937 steam1941 spritzer1953 Sangria1961 vin blanc cassis1964 kir1966 1964 A. Sichel Penguin Bk. Wines iii. 173 A popular liqueur is made from blackcurrants..and is known as Cassis. Mixed with white wine, it is often used as an aperitif drink in France, called ‘Vin Blanc Cassis’. 1982 R. Grayson Montmartre Murders iv. 31 Gautier was sipping the vin blanc cassis which a waiter had brought him. 2. In various jocular forms and nonstandard pronunciation spellings. Cf. plonk n.2 Chiefly Military slang. ΚΠ 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast viii. 162 A pint and a dram for me. This is better than vongblong and vongrooge..in those estamints. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 52 Von blink, a humorous corruption of vin blanc. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 52 Vin blank, white wine. 1933 F. Richards Old Soldiers never Die vii. 83 An elderly Frenchman from Armentières..was soon selling beer and ving blong and doing a roaring trade. 1934 E. Blunden Choice or Chance 31 In Pop. we banqueted no doubt On vin-blong, malaga-and-stout. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1789 |
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