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单词 vintage
释义 vin·tage
I. \ˈvintij, -tēj\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, alteration (influenced by vineter, vintener vintner) of vindage, vendage, from Middle French vendenge, vendeigne, from Latin vindemia, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take — more at wine, redeem
1.
 a.
  (1) : the yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard during a single season
   < never did … the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage — Mary W. Shelley >
   < half bottles … of the 1947 vintageNew Yorker >
  (2) : wine
   < the vintage flowed freely during the reception >
  (3) or vintage wine : a wine of a particular type, region, and year and usually of superior quality that is dated and allowed to mature
   < several ordinary wines and a bottle of vintage >
   < sampled every vintage and kickshaw of the gourmet's art — S.J.Perelman >
 b. : a collection of persons or things that are contemporaneous with each other and share similar or identical characteristics : crop
  < the book is not of this season's vintage — Muna Lee >
  < was of the vintage of comfortably well-off intellectuals — Janet Flanner >
2.
 a. : the activity or process of harvesting and pressing grapes, fermenting the juice, and caring for the new wine
  < nearly time for the annual vintage >
 b. : the season when this activity or process takes place
  < the vintage … is a time of gaiety and … hard work — P.M.Wagner >
3.
 a. : a period of origin or manufacture
  < term of Edwardian vintageNew York Times Magazine >
  < a small coupé of rather ancient vintage — Leslie Charteris >
 b. : length of existence : maturity, age
  < preserved … shark's fins of twenty years' vintage — Eve Langley >
  < many of us, of a certain vintage, have been forced to think back — John Mason Brown >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
: to harvest (grapes) for making wine
 < if … a first growth is vintaged a little too late — H.J.Newman >
intransitive verb
: to engage in the harvesting of grapes
 < illustrations … of a winged Eros vintaging — Nelson Glueck >
III. adjective
1.
 a.
  (1) : of or relating to a vintage
   < prepared for the vintage activities in the vineyards >
  (2) : unblended and dated with the year of vintage
   < a vintage wine >
   — compare nonvintage
 b. : having a fine mellowed character
  < drink a health in vintage vodka >
  < turning leaves make fall a vintage season >
 c. : of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : classic, venerable
  < vintage comedy from the silent era — Arthur Knight >
  < collectors who … cherish vintage automobiles — Beverly Kelley >
  < an album of vintage tunes — Wilder Hobson >
2.
 a. : marked by an advanced age : dating from the past : old, archaic
  < a vintage actress but still thin and chic — Janet Flanner >
  < failing to answer seventy-two vintage traffic tickets — Robert Rice >
 b. : not fashionable or up-to-date : old-fashioned, outmoded
  < vintage plays of no merit whatsoever — Wolcott Gibbs >
  < a rumpled tweed suit of vintage cut — Jacob Hay >
3. : of the best and most characteristic : having the typical and most admirable characteristics — used with a proper noun
 < vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedy, beautifully played — Time >
 < seemed to be fine … but not absolutely first-rate vintage Old Vic — Mollie Panter-Downes >
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