vintage

vintage
noun
  1. the year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced
    (尤指优质葡萄酒)生产年份,生产地区
    ■a wine of high quality made from the crop of a single identified district in a good year
    用特定地区丰收年葡萄酿制的高质葡萄酒
    ■[mass noun](poetic/literary)wine
    (诗/文)酒;葡萄酒
    ■the harvesting of grapes for winemaking
    酿酒葡萄采摘
    ■the grapes or wine produced in a particular season
    特定季节采摘的葡萄;特定季节酿制的葡萄酒
    ■the time that something of quality was produced
    优质物品生产时间
    rifles of various sizes and vintages.
    不同规格不同年代的步枪。
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or denoting wine of high quality
    (与)高档葡萄酒(有关)的
    vintage claret.
    高档红葡萄酒。
    ■denoting something of high quality, especially something from the past or characteristic of the best period of a person's work
    优质的(尤指古老或具有某人创作最佳阶段特点的)
    a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure.
    经典的福尔摩斯的经典冒险经历。
语源
  1. late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum 'wine' + demere 'remove')
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