Of wine: reddish to purple in colour; made by fermenting the skins and the juice of the grapes together. See also red wine, n.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [adjective] > other types of wine (8) redeOE Of wine: reddish to purple in colour; made by fermenting the skins and the juice of the grapes together. See also red wine, n. claretc1440 A name originally given (like French vin clairet) to wines of yellowish or light red colour, as… as adj., qualifying wine. Thus used, it was… bastard?1530 Designating a sweet Spanish wine resembling muscatel in flavour, or (more generally) any sweetened wine. Cf. sense A. 3. Now rare (historical after… helvine1601 Applied to some kind of wine: cf. helvenac, adj. Pramnian1601 Designating or relating to a type of ancient Greek wine, (probably) originally from the neighbourhood of Smyrna. Maronean1623 Designating a type of very strong and fragrant wine which according to Homer's Odyssey was given by Maron to Odysseus, and used by Odysseus to… rancio1800 A type of (esp. French or Spanish) wine having a distinctive rich flavour or bouquet, redolent of nuts, butter, or overripe fruit, produced by… green seal1823 (a) n. wine distinguished by a green seal on the cork; (b) adj. designating such wine. |
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