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单词 amontillado
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Definition of amontillado in English:

amontillado

nounPlural amontilladosəˌmɒntɪˈlɑːdəʊəˌmɒntɪˈjɑːdəʊəˌmäntlˈädō
mass noun
  • A medium dry sherry.

    阿蒙蒂拉多雪利酒(一种中等甜度的白葡萄酒)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With soup, try a tangy fino or nutty, dry amontillado.
    • As a sip of Amontillado warmed its way down her throat, Marguerite asked the question that troubled her.
    • ‘How can a nice middle-class gel like Kirsty go on holiday with that working class oaf,’ she slurred over her usual half-litre of pre-prandial amontillado.
    • If not breakfast, they should at least give him a sip of Amontillado for his efforts.
    • Taste-wise, it feels more like a dry oloroso than amontillado, revealing, as it does, a dark, nutty, chocolate bite on the palate and a finish that delivers waves of salted hazelnuts.
    • Please feel free to reward yourself with a celebratory sip of amontillado, described as a ‘draft from heaven.’
    • I waited inside at a mosaic-tiled bar until a table opened, which was just a couple of minutes - I'd barely had time to order a glass of Amontillado before being called back out.
    • Now I admit I may have written this under the influence of just a little too much amontillado but, nevertheless, you be the judge; read a few of his earlier delicious posts for a fuller and ‘Scottishly’ superb flavour
    • The menu is luscious and specific - turtle soup accompanied by a fine amontillado; champagne with Blinis Demidoff; Cailles en Sarcophage with Clos Vougeot 1846; cheese and fruit; pudding; brandy and coffee.

Origin

Spanish, from Montilla, the name of a town in southern Spain where the original wine was produced.

Rhymes

aficionado, avocado, Bardo, Barnardo, bastinado, bravado, Colorado, desperado, Dorado, eldorado, incommunicado, Leonardo, Mikado, muscovado, Prado, renegado, Ricardo, stifado

Definition of amontillado in US English:

amontillado

nounəˌmäntlˈädō
  • A medium dry sherry.

    阿蒙蒂拉多雪利酒(一种中等甜度的白葡萄酒)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now I admit I may have written this under the influence of just a little too much amontillado but, nevertheless, you be the judge; read a few of his earlier delicious posts for a fuller and ‘Scottishly’ superb flavour
    • If not breakfast, they should at least give him a sip of Amontillado for his efforts.
    • As a sip of Amontillado warmed its way down her throat, Marguerite asked the question that troubled her.
    • ‘How can a nice middle-class gel like Kirsty go on holiday with that working class oaf,’ she slurred over her usual half-litre of pre-prandial amontillado.
    • With soup, try a tangy fino or nutty, dry amontillado.
    • Taste-wise, it feels more like a dry oloroso than amontillado, revealing, as it does, a dark, nutty, chocolate bite on the palate and a finish that delivers waves of salted hazelnuts.
    • Please feel free to reward yourself with a celebratory sip of amontillado, described as a ‘draft from heaven.’
    • I waited inside at a mosaic-tiled bar until a table opened, which was just a couple of minutes - I'd barely had time to order a glass of Amontillado before being called back out.
    • The menu is luscious and specific - turtle soup accompanied by a fine amontillado; champagne with Blinis Demidoff; Cailles en Sarcophage with Clos Vougeot 1846; cheese and fruit; pudding; brandy and coffee.

Origin

Spanish, from Montilla, the name of a town in southern Spain where the original wine was produced.

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