Claret
['klærət]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a dark purplish-red color.
(noun.) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine.
(verb.) drink claret; 'They were clareting until well past midnight'.
班森編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
凯瑟琳編輯
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:露辛达
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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.
錄入:帕特里斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Mr. Fox and Mr. Sheridan drank claret. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Gentlemen drank claret. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Give me my peach, my cup of coffee, and my claret; I am content. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I'm tired of claret. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Another glass of claret won't hurt you. 威爾基·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Cricket dinner-- glorious party--capital songs--old port--claret--good--very good--wine, ma'am--wine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He invited Mr. Jarndyce to take a glass of claret. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Done,' says I; and egad, sir--this claret's very good. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- George was still drinking claret when she returned to the dining-room, and made no signs of moving. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Well, I'll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
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