carafe

Related topics: Utensils

ca·rafe /kəˈræf, kəˈrɑːf/ noun [countableC]

DFUa glass container with a wide neck, used for serving wine or water at meals 喇叭口玻璃瓶 →4 See picture of 见图 BOTTLE →5 see picture at 见图 jug

Examples from the Corpus

carafe• You may want to chase it all down with a $ 3 carafe of hot sake.• The soup arrived, a rich broth, and rolls and butter and a carafe of wine as well.• Twenty minutes later the fat lady gave him a carafe of yellow wine.• The wine, which arrived in a carafe, was a strong excellent vin ordinaire.• With some misgiving, I ordered a half carafe of red wine.• She had a martini and small carafe in front of her, and was nibbling salted peanuts.• The waiter pours a small taste from the carafe into a glass, waits for approval, then pours the rest.• He poured her another glass of wine from the carafe which stood between them on the table.

Origin carafe

(1700-1800) French Italian caraffa, from Arabic gharrafah, from gharafa “to get water from a well”

单词	carafe
释义	carafe Related topics: Utensils ca·rafe /kəˈræf, kəˈrɑːf/ noun [countableC] DFUa glass container with a wide neck, used for serving wine or water at meals 喇叭口玻璃瓶 →4 See picture of 见图 BOTTLE →5 see picture at 见图 jug Examples from the Corpus carafe• You may want to chase it all down with a $ 3 carafe of hot sake.• The soup arrived, a rich broth, and rolls and butter and a carafe of wine as well.• Twenty minutes later the fat lady gave him a carafe of yellow wine.• The wine, which arrived in a carafe, was a strong excellent vin ordinaire.• With some misgiving, I ordered a half carafe of red wine.• She had a martini and small carafe in front of her, and was nibbling salted peanuts.• The waiter pours a small taste from the carafe into a glass, waits for approval, then pours the rest.• He poured her another glass of wine from the carafe which stood between them on the table. Origin carafe (1700-1800) French Italian caraffa, from Arabic gharrafah, from gharafa “to get water from a well”
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