| 单词 | vintage claret |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvintage claret a. In sense 1c, as vintage claret, vintage class, vintage wine, etc. Also vintage chart, vintage year (in quots. figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [adjective] > vintage vintage1888 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent year for something vintage year1933 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > wine book wine book1947 vintage chart1964 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 608/2 The cheaper wines are an exception.., also those of the so-called ‘vintage’ class, which are the finest wines of a good year kept separate and shipped as the produce of that..year. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 1/1 There does not seem to be much ‘depression’ in the market for vintage wines. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 1 Sept. 2/1 We are allowed to make our little bids for fame with clean shirts, cut hair, sound coats, vintage clarets. 1933 T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Aug. (1938) 773 Rather a vintage year, for books. 1964 A. Launay Caviare & After xv. 104 If you arm yourself with a vintage chart—easily obtainable from most wine merchants—you can learn the best years for the best wines. 1973 Country Life 15 Nov. 1542/3 Characteristic and impish Lowry of a fine vintage year 1960. 1985 Times 1 May 23/5 Britain's offshore oil and gas industry achieved a vintage year in 1984. < as lemmas |
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