| 单词 | rhine wine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRhine wine C1. attributive. Designating wines made from grapes growing in the Rhine valley. Chiefly in Rhine wine. Cf. Rhenish adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > German wines > [noun] > Rhine wine Rhinea1399 Rhine wine1495 Rhenish1603 1495 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 22 A stek off Ryne vyne. 1775 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades 249 You can make hypocras with either of the following liquors; viz. Spanish wine; Muscat, Rhyne-wine. 1785 A. Duncan Med. Comm. 9 295 He has used it with advantage in hydropic cases, even to half an ounce a-day, dissolved in a pint of Rhine wine. 1825 T. A. Boswell Jrnl. Exile II. xv. 48 I used to drink to their healths when I was there, in bright bumpers of Rhein wine. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 455/2 We find the most renowned of the Rhine-wines produced between 50° and 51°. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 235/2 The red Rhine-wines..are not nearly so much prized as the white. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 153/1 The white wines from Alsace and the Moselles and Hocks (or Rhine wines) of Germany are well worth trying. 1986 Gourmet June 44/2 A Palatinate Riesling, for instance, has a flavor that is more earthy, complex, and diffuse than that of other Rhine Rieslings. 2004 Tin House 6 208/2 Apollinaire's short list included: vermouth, beer, Rhine wines, absinthe. < as lemmas |
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