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Definition of carafe in English: carafenoun kəˈrafkəˈrɑːf An open-topped glass flask used for serving wine or water in a restaurant. 卡拉夫瓶(餐馆中尤用来盛酒的顶部开口长颈瓶) wine is available by glass, bottle, or carafe Example sentencesExamples - Most up-to-date machines brew coffee directly into thermal pots, helping rid restaurants of burnt coffee, the products of sitting too long in a glass carafe on a hot plate.
- He quickly returned with a tray bearing a small carafe of absinthe, a large carafe of ice water and a box of sugar cubes.
- I was at a one-day meeting in Brussels and a waiter spilt a full carafe of wine over me and I had no change of clothes.
- And should all of those fail, there's the local pastis, served with ice and a carafe of water, an aniseed-flavoured wonder.
- As if incensed candles and a carafe of rosé wine would be waiting alongside her bed.
- He poured himself a glass of water from the carafe at his bedside, and then stepped into his slippers.
- We slug down carafes of water and gallons of red house wine.
- The wine is fairly dry and needs a little aeration to open it up, so decant into a carafe, water pitcher, etc., 30 minutes before serving.
- I recommend it wholeheartedly as a place to dip into for garlicky escargot, a carafe of wine, and now, that fantastic burger.
- The butler returned with a carafe and a glass on a tray.
- Dressed in a modern lounge suit and armed only with a carafe of water, he breezes through this enormous recital without seeming to break sweat.
- One and a half hours later and after four carafes of iced water I finished it.
- Thompson stood silently as the two women brought out a carafe of coffee and glasses of ice cream parfait for dessert.
- All sorts of glasses are on offer, from mineral water glasses, beer draught glasses, carafes, vases, you name it; made out from different kinds of bottles.
- Martin orders two carafes of Sicilian malvasia wine.
- Got him a big steak for $3.95, ordered a couple of carafes of wine for $1.25 apiece.
- ‘Some wicked person had filled the water carafe with whisky,’ he laughs.
- On the table stood two bottles of wine and a glass carafe, all empty.
- They are quaffed in carafes in restaurants for a euro or two, and are the backbone of the fill-your-own plastic container wine shops dotted around rural France.
- Everyone was eating pizza and drinking carafes of red wine.
Synonyms flask, jug, pitcher, decanter, bottle, flagon, container, vessel, ewer, crock, urn
OriginLate 18th century: from French, from Italian caraffa, probably based on Arabic g̣arafa 'draw water'. Rhymescaff, faff, gaff, gaffe, naff, Najaf, piaffe, Taff Definition of carafe in US English: carafenoun An open-topped glass flask typically used for serving wine or water. 卡拉夫瓶(餐馆中尤用来盛酒的顶部开口长颈瓶) wine is available by glass, bottle, or carafe Example sentencesExamples - He quickly returned with a tray bearing a small carafe of absinthe, a large carafe of ice water and a box of sugar cubes.
- They are quaffed in carafes in restaurants for a euro or two, and are the backbone of the fill-your-own plastic container wine shops dotted around rural France.
- One and a half hours later and after four carafes of iced water I finished it.
- I was at a one-day meeting in Brussels and a waiter spilt a full carafe of wine over me and I had no change of clothes.
- Dressed in a modern lounge suit and armed only with a carafe of water, he breezes through this enormous recital without seeming to break sweat.
- We slug down carafes of water and gallons of red house wine.
- Got him a big steak for $3.95, ordered a couple of carafes of wine for $1.25 apiece.
- ‘Some wicked person had filled the water carafe with whisky,’ he laughs.
- Most up-to-date machines brew coffee directly into thermal pots, helping rid restaurants of burnt coffee, the products of sitting too long in a glass carafe on a hot plate.
- I recommend it wholeheartedly as a place to dip into for garlicky escargot, a carafe of wine, and now, that fantastic burger.
- The wine is fairly dry and needs a little aeration to open it up, so decant into a carafe, water pitcher, etc., 30 minutes before serving.
- All sorts of glasses are on offer, from mineral water glasses, beer draught glasses, carafes, vases, you name it; made out from different kinds of bottles.
- He poured himself a glass of water from the carafe at his bedside, and then stepped into his slippers.
- Thompson stood silently as the two women brought out a carafe of coffee and glasses of ice cream parfait for dessert.
- And should all of those fail, there's the local pastis, served with ice and a carafe of water, an aniseed-flavoured wonder.
- Martin orders two carafes of Sicilian malvasia wine.
- The butler returned with a carafe and a glass on a tray.
- On the table stood two bottles of wine and a glass carafe, all empty.
- Everyone was eating pizza and drinking carafes of red wine.
- As if incensed candles and a carafe of rosé wine would be waiting alongside her bed.
Synonyms flask, jug, pitcher, decanter, bottle, flagon, container, vessel, ewer, crock, urn
OriginLate 18th century: from French, from Italian caraffa, probably based on Arabic g̣arafa ‘draw water’. |