| 释义 |
Perrier2|ˈpɛrɪeɪ|
The proprietary name of an effervescent natural mineral water from the South of France.
1907Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Oct. 1928 Perrier... Natural mineral water obtained from the spring known as ‘Source Perrier’ situated at Vergeze in France. St. John Harmsworth, trading as Perrier,..London,..merchant. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 27 Mineral waters (natural)... Perrier..Table water. 1928A. Huxley Point Counter Point xiii. 244 If only Grace could be bottled like Perrier water. 1957[see Italian n. 6]. 1960I. Fleming For your Eyes Only 14 He always stipulated Perrier, for in his opinion expensive soda water was the cheapest way to improve a poor drink. 1973D. Mackenzie Postscript to Dead Let. 173 Tully was drinking beer. There was a bottle of Perrier in front of Misty. 1975New Yorker 30 June 33/3 She measures his orange juice and Perrier water as carefully as if it were a Martini. 1977Rolling Stone 30 June 73/4 At the Caffe Tartufo, while I lunch, she orders a Perrier water and tosses a carefully rolled stick of Doublemint into her mouth. |