释义 |
‖ ordinaire, n.|ɔrdinɛr| [Fr.] Short for vin ordinaire. Also as adj.
1861Thackeray Round. Papers xiv, in Cornh. Mag. July 123 A sound genuine ordinaire, at 18s. per doz. let us say. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere II. iii. xxii. 215 He ate his boiled mutton and drank his ordinaire like a man. 1906Daily Chron. 24 July 6/5 What is ‘ordinaire’ as applied to wine?.. That is a local term which has existed for two centuries in France. 1920[see bourgeois a. 4]. 1936H. G. Wells Croquet Player ii. 11 He..ordered another half litre of wine. Either out of ignorance or preference he was drinking red ordinaire. 1959Good Food Guide 32 Spanish ordinaires at 1/6 a glass. 1960House & Garden July 13/1 Two decent, slightly better than ordinaire wines. 1972Ibid. Feb. 100/4 Roodeberg is an honest wine, distinctly better than an ordinaire. |