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单词 marc
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Definition of marc in English:

marc

noun mɑːkmɑrk
mass noun
  • 1The refuse of grapes or other fruit that have been pressed for winemaking.

    the spent marc can be seen in purple-black piles by the roadside
    count noun each press takes a marc of 4,000 kilograms
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Brandy is the umbrella term for a spirit produced from grape pomace or marc (debris left over after fermentation), or from wine or fruit.
    • There is no advantage to be gained by attempting to press the marc because all of the soluble constituents have entered into solution.
    • A recent entry sang the praises of Tomme Affinee au Marc de Raisin, a cow's milk cheese that has been aged under a thick blanket of grape marc.
    • Some other tommes benefit from added flavours: brandy, or the spirit made from marc, or fennel, etc.
    1. 1.1 An alcoholic spirit distilled from marc.
      working men sat over bowls of milky coffee and glasses of marc
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Duties on bottled spirits produced of wine or marc will be curtailed.
      • Then there was St Felicien or tiny wild strawberries by themselves with sugar or prunes in a bath of wine and marc.
      • The marcs are then aged by individual champagne houses who sell them under their own names.
      • Such a brandy is called marc in France, grappa in Italy, and bagaceira in Portugal.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, from marcher in the early sense 'to trample'.

Rhymes

arc, ark, Bach, bark, barque, Braque, Clark, clerk, dark, embark, hark, impark, Iraq, Ladakh, Lamarck, lark, macaque, mark, marque, narc, nark, Newark, park, quark, sark, shark, snark, spark, stark, Vlach
 
 

Definition of marc in US English:

marc

nounmɑrkmärk
  • 1The refuse of grapes or other fruit that has been pressed for winemaking.

    the spent marc can be seen in purple-black piles by the roadside
    count noun each press takes a marc of 4,000 kilograms
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is no advantage to be gained by attempting to press the marc because all of the soluble constituents have entered into solution.
    • Brandy is the umbrella term for a spirit produced from grape pomace or marc (debris left over after fermentation), or from wine or fruit.
    • A recent entry sang the praises of Tomme Affinee au Marc de Raisin, a cow's milk cheese that has been aged under a thick blanket of grape marc.
    • Some other tommes benefit from added flavours: brandy, or the spirit made from marc, or fennel, etc.
    1. 1.1 An alcoholic spirit distilled from marc.
      working men sat over bowls of milky coffee and glasses of marc
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The marcs are then aged by individual champagne houses who sell them under their own names.
      • Duties on bottled spirits produced of wine or marc will be curtailed.
      • Then there was St Felicien or tiny wild strawberries by themselves with sugar or prunes in a bath of wine and marc.
      • Such a brandy is called marc in France, grappa in Italy, and bagaceira in Portugal.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, from marcher in the early sense ‘to trample’.

 
 
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