| 单词 | bottle stink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle stink bottle stink n. an unpleasant smell sometimes found in a wine immediately upon opening, which disappears after a short while.Typically caused by mould or bacterial spoilage in the cork; most often found in old red wines, and rare in modern wines. ΚΠ 1863 Sci. Amer. 19 Dec. 387/2 Port,..when it has been in bottle twelve, fifteen, or twenty or more years, has generally what is known as the ‘bottle stink’. 1894 J. L. W. Thudichum Treat. Wines xxiii. 316 The cleaner the wines are when bottled the less they develop of this bottle-stink. 1970 Times 21 Nov. 20/8 You should give the wine a few minutes' grace; there is a sort of ‘bottle stink’ which may pass off. 2009 J. Robinson in Financial Times 4 Dec. 4 In my experience, only very old wines which have developed so-called ‘bottle stink’ seem to benefit from being opened in advance. < as lemmas |
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