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
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
late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum 'wine' + demere 'remove')