单词 | sommelier |
释义 | sommeliern. A wine waiter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > wine waiter sommelier1889 wine waiter1927 wine waitress1969 1889 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/1 The ‘sommelier’, or butler, who runs from table to table, laden with bottles, and distributes here and there strange liquids. 1923 E. P. Oppenheim Inevitable Millionaires xiv. 146 Harold..making cryptic signs with his fingers which intimated to the sommelier his urgent need of a cocktail. 1930 Time & Tide 24 May 665 The sommelier who brings him his bottle of Haut Brion. 1930 New Statesman 28 June 366/1 The fastidious wine-bibber, terror of sommeliers and his timider hosts. 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady v. 77 He poured the awkward liquid with the skill of a sommelier. 1966 Punch 20 July 113/2 Although we've still got some cooks to shoot and many sommeliers to educate, our standards have improved beyond all recognition. 1974 Times 2 Dec. (Wines & Spirits Suppl.) p. iii/2 An awe-inspiringly stately sommelier and long wine lists..can often discourage the sale of wine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1889 |
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