cellar door

名词 n.
/ˌsɛlə ˈdɔː/    /ˌsɛləɹ ˈdɔɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A door leading to a cellar.
    — The cellar-door flew open with a booming sound, and then he heard the noise much louder, on the floors below; then coming up the stairs; then coming straight towards the door.
  2. The part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased. broadly,metonymically
    — The 1996 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc I tasted at the cellar door was a very stylish polished wine with lifted aromatic jasmine and passionfruit aromas leaping out of the glass.

词形变化

cellar doors plural cellar-door alternative

词源

From Middle English celer door, celer dore. By surface analysis, cellar + door.
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