英语词汇“lees”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lees

/liːz

plural noun

1The sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs.The wine is aged on the lees in the bottle for about three years prior to disgorgement....

These have long been used by the Champagne industry to seal bottles while they are aging on the lees.
The title came about when the two owners tasted an experimental Chardonnay that had been left on the lees in barrels for some time.

Synonyms

sediment, dregs, deposit, grounds, settlings, residue, remains, accumulation, silt, sludge

technical precipitate, sublimate, residuum

rare draff, grouts

1.1The most worthless part or parts of something: the lees of the Venetian underworld

Origin

Late Middle English: plural of obsolete lee in the same sense, from Old French lie, from medieval Latin liae (plural), of Gaulish origin.

单词	lees
释义	lees /liːz / plural noun 1The sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs.The wine is aged on the lees in the bottle for about three years prior to disgorgement.... These have long been used by the Champagne industry to seal bottles while they are aging on the lees. The title came about when the two owners tasted an experimental Chardonnay that had been left on the lees in barrels for some time. Synonyms sediment, dregs, deposit, grounds, settlings, residue, remains, accumulation, silt, sludge technical precipitate, sublimate, residuum rare draff, grouts 1.1The most worthless part or parts of something: the lees of the Venetian underworld Origin Late Middle English: plural of obsolete lee in the same sense, from Old French lie, from medieval Latin liae (plural), of Gaulish origin. Rhymes Achinese, Ambonese, appease, Assamese, Balinese, Belize, Beninese, Bernese, bêtise, Bhutanese, breeze, Burmese, Cantonese, Castries, cerise, cheese, chemise, Chinese, Cingalese, Cleese, Congolese, Denise, Dodecanese, ease, éminence grise, expertise, Faroese, freeze, Fries, frieze, Gabonese, Genoese, Goanese, Guyanese, he's, Japanese, Javanese, jeez, journalese, Kanarese, Keys, Lebanese, legalese, Louise, Macanese, Madurese, Maltese, marquise, Milanese, Nepalese, officialese, overseas, pease, Pekinese, Peloponnese, Piedmontese, please, Portuguese, Pyrenees, reprise, Rwandese, seise, seize, Senegalese, she's, Siamese, Sienese, Sikkimese, Sinhalese, sleaze, sneeze, squeeze, Stockton-on-Tees, Sudanese, Sundanese, Surinamese, Tabriz, Taiwanese, tease, Tees, telegraphese, these, Timorese, Togolese, trapeze, valise, Viennese, Vietnamese, vocalese, wheeze
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lees

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