| 单词 | green seal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen seal green seal n. and adj. (a) n. wine distinguished by a green seal on the cork; (b) adj. designating such wine.Cf. yellow seal n. and adj. at yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [adjective] > other types of wine redeOE claretc1440 bastard?1530 helvine1601 Pramnian1601 Maronean1623 rancio1800 green seal1823 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. i. x. 116 If there was but one bottle of wine in my cellar, they should have it. Betty—Betty, my dear, you know best about such things—just desire the Bishop to fetch some of the old green seal. 1853 Literary World (N.Y.) 2 Apr. 271/1 At the sergeant's wedding supper he put the famous green-seal bottle between himself and his bride, and the two had it all to themselves. 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 8 After having discussed a bottle of his particular green-seal claret. 1885 Belgravia Feb. 493 Go and decant some green seal at once, will you. 1906 J. J. Black Eating to Live 305 Their Green Seal wine was formerly popular. 1999 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era (Nexis) 15 Jan. a10 The stunned chief executive arose..rode back to Wheatland (where he probably fortified himself with a bottle of Reigart's Old Green Seal madeira). < as lemmas |
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