Claret
['klærət]
解释:
(noun.) a dark purplish-red color.
(noun.) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine.
(verb.) drink claret; 'They were clareting until well past midnight'.
班森编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.
凯瑟琳编辑
解释:
n. originally applied to wines of a light-red colour but now used in England for the dark-red wines of Bordeaux: (slang) blood.—v.i. to drink claret.—ns. Clar′et-cup a drink made up of iced claret brandy sugar &c.; Clar′et-jug a fancy jug for holding claret.
校对:露辛达
娱乐性解释：
To dream of drinking claret, denotes you will come under the influence of ennobling association. To dream of seeing broken bottles of claret, portends you will be induced to commit immoralities by the false persuasions of deceitful persons.
录入:帕特里斯
例句:
- Mr. Fox and Mr. Sheridan drank claret. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Gentlemen drank claret. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Give me my peach, my cup of coffee, and my claret; I am content. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I'm tired of claret. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- He drove his curricle; he drank his claret; he played his rubber; he told his Indian stories, and the Irish widow consoled and flattered him as usual. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Another glass of claret won't hurt you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- This is a day, said Mr. Skimpole, gaily taking a little claret in a tumbler, that will ever be remembered here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Cricket dinner-- glorious party--capital songs--old port--claret--good--very good--wine, ma'am--wine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- He invited Mr. Jarndyce to take a glass of claret. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Done,' says I; and egad, sir--this claret's very good. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Never was better claret at any man's table than at honest Rawdon's; dinners more gay and neatly served. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- George was still drinking claret when she returned to the dining-room, and made no signs of moving. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Well, I'll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- As we sat soberly drinking claret there with men of to-day, the spirits of the departed came in and took their places round the darksome board. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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