| 单词 | vintner |
| 释义 | vintner (once / 9696 pages) n A vintner is a wine merchant — the very person you'd visit if you wanted to buy a nice Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. Anyone who hails from France will immediately recognize the vin in vintner as the word "wine." Both vin and vintner descend from the Latin words vinum for wine, and vinetum, which means "vineyard." A vintner can be someone who simply sells wine, or who grows the grapes and produces the wine. WORD FAMILYvintner: vintners USAGE EXAMPLESThe same is true of the best grapes, and many vintners seem to be hedging their bets by producing all sorts of wines. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Although British vintners managed to add bubbles to wine as early as the 1700s, the modern era of English sparkling wine dates to the mid-1960s. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) As vintner Brooks Firestone said in a 1983 interview, “It’s hard to describe our new region because different wineries are going in their own directions.” Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1n someone who sells wine Syn|Hyper wine merchant merchandiser, merchant a businessperson engaged in retail trade 2n someone who makes wine Syn|Hyper wine maker, winemaker maker, shaper a person who makes things |
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