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单词 vinous
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Definition of vinous in English:

vinous

adjective ˈvʌɪnəsˈvaɪnəs
  • 1Resembling, associated with, or fond of wine.

    葡萄酒的;似葡萄酒的;与葡萄酒有关的

    a vinous smell

    葡萄酒气味。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The oldest name in vinous Australia, the Barossa Valley, is home to many producers, controlling one-quarter of total Australian production.
    • Instead, I embarked on a vinous calling to seek out and taste the great wines of Burgundy and the sublime but tantalising magic of the Pinot Noir grape.
    • The whisky flavour and aroma wheel, cataloguing the many different scents and tastes good malt whisky delivers, was invented years before the vinous equivalent.
    • This is not to say that Cabernet Sauvignon is always the antidote to vinous boredom.
    • This Harvest Ale has a vinous character; it's sweet, rich, and high in alcohol.
    • But I sense a greater spirit of vinous experimentation afoot.
    • Want to know what's rowing the vinous boat for both my customers and myself in 2005?
    • It should be no shock that wines produced in Napa, Maremma, and Pomerol can be difficult to tell apart - the owners belong to the same vinous country club.
    • He likes rosé wines and, horror of all possible vinous horrors, has been known to drink a glass of ‘white’ Zinfandel.
    • The choices are spread across vinous borders with no bias other than great wine at a fair price. It is obvious that each wine has been hand-picked to deliver maximum value as there are no dogs on this list.
    • Before you dismiss me as a vinous elitist with more dosh than brain cells, let me ask you a couple of questions.
    • It sounds to me like the vinous equivalent of ‘teaching for the test,’ a phenomenon now rampant in American public schools as they aim to show improvements in standardized test scores.
    • In the wine world we are starting to see the vinous equivalent - wines where a lot of work went into the packaging but not the product.
    • Sure, we may not have the privilege of a vinous climate, but this country can make beer, the way Belgium can.
    • His interest in things vinous really took off when he started to play for England, courtesy of an indulgent waiter at the Petersham hotel in Richmond, the team's London headquarters.
    • It's true potential, however, has always been there and recently it has begun to be realised in yet another vinous renaissance!
    • But when his Italian wine ran out, the French Foreign Legion played the role of vinous seventh cavalry. ‘They got a ration of half a litre of Bordeaux a day, so we bought some wine from them.’
    Synonyms
    alcoholic, intoxicating, inebriating, hard, heady, potent, stiff, spirituous, intoxicant
    1. 1.1literary Resembling red wine in colour.
      a wood pigeon with vinous underparts
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Water boiled on this paper acquired a vinous red colour
      • He was a stout man, of a vinous complexion, with what I should call here, where our speech is mostly uncouth, an educated accent

Derivatives

  • vinosity

  • noun vʌɪˈnɒsɪtivəˈnɑsədi
    • This is a product made in the image and method of the great champagnes, enhancing its vinosity with bubbles.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A further object of this invention is to remove sulfites from a standard wine without significantly altering the color or vinosity of the wine.
      • This frank, classy champagne has the vinosity and generosity of Bouzy Pinot Noir in a well-balanced frame.
      • This wine smells fat like a ripe pear, dusted with a gently savoury/spicy oak and an under-lying vinosity that is beguiling.
      • The wine has lovely vinosity with fine grained tannins and concentrated fruit adding a liquorice nuance to the finish where purples of all colours, aromas and flavours abound.
  • vinously

  • adverb
    • David Brookes has worked in the business for 15 years; he's done just about everything vinously possible to expand his wine knowledge.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Where even the vinously literate search in vain for clues, getting down on their knees to turn over handfuls of soil or gazing down from the crest of the slope in utter bewilderment.
      • The Virginian winemakers like to say that they are mid way between France and California both geographically and vinously and this wine bears them out.
      • They lived on meagre incomes, waiting for a recall that might never come, reminiscing vinously about the glories of the past, and helping pave the way for a Napoleonic revival.
      • This part of the southern Rhône is probably vinously the least known of the southern section of the Rhône, although there are some very enjoyable wines here, at a less expensive price range.
      • That leaves the sauce and toppings as the prime targets when thinking vinously.
      • Southern France is most commonly associated, vinously speaking, with robust red wine values.
      • Yummy is a very technical vinously related wine term that perfectly encapsulates the description of this wine.
      • The most vinously diverse country has a near-infinite bounty to offer, and San Francisco has only scratched the surface.
      • With the fervor of the vinously disenfranchised, Riesling lovers have long worshiped the trinity of Germany, Austria and Alsace.
      • There are some exceptional wines to be found in the 2001 vintage and vinously speaking, this was to be one of my most exciting trips to the region!
      • Beaujolais lies just to the south of the far more vinously challenging area of Burgundy with which is commonly associated.
      • A diverse range of benchmark wines were lined up to tantalise the group, while the wine specialist and I fielded questions from the savvy and vinously curious participants.
      • This vine has also been planted in Galicia and Rueda, where it is being uprooted in favour of local varieties, and in the increasingly vinously significant Canary Islands where it is the main white variety.
      • ‘Their job was vital, but the vinously minded historian will note that it did not take them near a single vineyard of quality,’ he said.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin vinum 'wine' + -ous.

Rhymes

Aquinas, Delphinus, echinus, Linus, Longinus, minus, Plotinus, sinus

Definition of vinous in US English:

vinous

adjectiveˈvaɪnəsˈvīnəs
  • 1Resembling, associated with, or fond of wine.

    葡萄酒的;似葡萄酒的;与葡萄酒有关的

    a vinous smell

    葡萄酒气味。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whisky flavour and aroma wheel, cataloguing the many different scents and tastes good malt whisky delivers, was invented years before the vinous equivalent.
    • It's true potential, however, has always been there and recently it has begun to be realised in yet another vinous renaissance!
    • But I sense a greater spirit of vinous experimentation afoot.
    • It sounds to me like the vinous equivalent of ‘teaching for the test,’ a phenomenon now rampant in American public schools as they aim to show improvements in standardized test scores.
    • He likes rosé wines and, horror of all possible vinous horrors, has been known to drink a glass of ‘white’ Zinfandel.
    • The oldest name in vinous Australia, the Barossa Valley, is home to many producers, controlling one-quarter of total Australian production.
    • The choices are spread across vinous borders with no bias other than great wine at a fair price. It is obvious that each wine has been hand-picked to deliver maximum value as there are no dogs on this list.
    • This is not to say that Cabernet Sauvignon is always the antidote to vinous boredom.
    • It should be no shock that wines produced in Napa, Maremma, and Pomerol can be difficult to tell apart - the owners belong to the same vinous country club.
    • His interest in things vinous really took off when he started to play for England, courtesy of an indulgent waiter at the Petersham hotel in Richmond, the team's London headquarters.
    • Before you dismiss me as a vinous elitist with more dosh than brain cells, let me ask you a couple of questions.
    • But when his Italian wine ran out, the French Foreign Legion played the role of vinous seventh cavalry. ‘They got a ration of half a litre of Bordeaux a day, so we bought some wine from them.’
    • In the wine world we are starting to see the vinous equivalent - wines where a lot of work went into the packaging but not the product.
    • Instead, I embarked on a vinous calling to seek out and taste the great wines of Burgundy and the sublime but tantalising magic of the Pinot Noir grape.
    • Sure, we may not have the privilege of a vinous climate, but this country can make beer, the way Belgium can.
    • Want to know what's rowing the vinous boat for both my customers and myself in 2005?
    • This Harvest Ale has a vinous character; it's sweet, rich, and high in alcohol.
    Synonyms
    alcoholic, intoxicating, inebriating, hard, heady, potent, stiff, spirituous, intoxicant
    1. 1.1literary Of the reddish color of wine.
      红葡萄酒色的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Water boiled on this paper acquired a vinous red colour
      • He was a stout man, of a vinous complexion, with what I should call here, where our speech is mostly uncouth, an educated accent

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin vinum ‘wine’ + -ous.

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