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单词 malmsey
释义

malmsey

/ˈmɑːmzi /
noun [mass noun]
1A fortified Madeira wine of the sweetest type.Madeira is made in several layers of sweetness, from sercial (the driest) to verdelho, bual and malmsey....
  • Grapes such as terrentez, bastardo, malvasia, and especially bual and malmsey are as rich as fig juice and still exhibit balance and longevity.
  • The Malvasia grapes which produce malmsey are usually grown in the warmest locations at low altitudes on the south coast, especially around Câmara de Lobos.
1.1 historical A strong, sweet white wine imported from Greece and the eastern Mediterranean islands.Linguistically and geographically, the sweet white wine called malmsey started out in Monemvasia in the Peloponnese, but its name was corrupted in French to malvoisie and further chewed about during its transfer to English....
  • Its oriental trade, which dates from Naples's period under Byzantine rule, included the strong sweet malmsey of Crete, but Apulia produced similar wines itself, mostly for consumption in southern Italy.
  • George's treacherous intriguing persisted until in 1478 Edward sent him to the Tower where, according to tradition, he was drowned in a butt of malmsey wine.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Middle Dutch malemeseye, via Old French from Monemvasia, a port in the Peloponnese, Greece. Compare with malvoisie.

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