释义
[ kohn -yak, kon -; French kaw-nya k ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkoʊn yæk, ˈkɒn-; French kɔˈnyak / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun (often initial capital letter ) the brandy distilled in and shipped from the legally delimited area surrounding the town of Cognac, in W central France.
any French brandy.
any good brandy.
Origin of cognac Borrowed into English from French around 1585–95
Words nearby cognac cogitable, cogitate, cogitation, cogitative, cogito, ergo sum, cognac , cognate, cognate object, cognation, Cognex, cognisant
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Example sentences from the Web for cognac From cognac to bourbon, rye to añejo tequila, many of our beloved spirits spend years aging in wooden casks.
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The cognac , an effort by the Georgian vintners to replicate the traditional French liquor, is valued at $1400 for a single bottle.
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He also smokes copious amounts of weed mooched off his friends and makes miracles by turning water into cognac .
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He replied, “Oh, I had six bottles of wine and three bottles of cognac .”
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Snoop has come prepared with a bottle of cognac shaped like a curvy lady.
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If once past those dangers, her course is barred at Angouleme, Cognac , and Saintes.
Saint Bartholomew's Eve | G. A. Henty
Not one of them but bore its two ankers of the right French cognac , or its bale of silk of Lyons and lace of Valenciennes.
Rodney Stone | Arthur Conan Doyle
Then Mlle. Fouchette rummaged in the deep closet in the wall and brought forth a bottle of cognac .
Mlle. Fouchette | Charles Theodore Murray
And the Prussian, without speaking a word, poured down one after another glassfuls of cognac .
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There's many such a fortune been made out of Mechlin and Cognac .'
Micah Clarke | Arthur Conan Doyle
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British Dictionary definitions for cognac / (ˈkɒnjæk , French kɔɲak ) /
noun a town in SW France: centre of the district famed for its brandy. Pop: 19 534 (1999)
(sometimes not capital) a high-quality grape brandy
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Words related to cognac brandy, whiskey, cordial, intoxicant, alcohol, booze, port, spirits, aperitif, marc, aqua vitae, eau de vie