sherry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere. uncountable,usually
    — He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
  2. A variety of sherry. uncountable,usually
    — They produce several quality sherries.
  3. A glass of sherry. uncountable,usually
    — Would you like a sherry?

词形变化

sherries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cooking sherry natural sherry sherried sherrify sherrylike sherry vinegar washing sherry
相关词
amontillado
并列词
Madeira Marsala Porto port

词源

Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
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