vintage
n
1
(a) [C usu sing 通常作单数]
(period or season of) gathering grapes for wine-making 收获葡萄酿酒(的期间或季节)
The vintage was later than usual. 那次葡萄采收期比平常年份晚.
(b) [C, U] (wine made from the) season´s harvest of grapes 一个收获季节采得的葡萄(所酿制的酒)
The claret was (of) a rare vintage, ie (of) a year when the grapes produced a claret of high quality. 这一年份的法国波尔多红葡萄酒是稀有的好酒(为所收葡萄质量好的年份酿造的).
1959 was an excellent vintage. 1959年产的葡萄酒质量好.
What vintage (ie year) is this wine? 这种酒是哪一年酿造的?
[attrib 作定语]
vintage claret, port, etc 某年酿制的法国波尔多葡萄酒、 葡萄牙波尔图葡萄酒等
a vintage year for champagne 酿制香槟酒的好年成.
2 [attrib 作定语]
(a) (fig 比喻) characteristic of a period in the past; classic 有过去某一时期特徵的; 经典的; 优秀的; 第一流的
vintage jokes 传统的笑话
vintage science fiction of the 1950´s 典型的20世纪50年代的科幻小说.
(b) (Brit) (of a car) made between 1917 and 1930 (指汽车)1917年到1930年之间制造的
vintage Fords 1917年到1930年制造的福特汽车. Cf 参看 veteran car (veteran).
3 [attrib 作定语]
(infml 口)(used before proper nouns 用於专有名词前) representingthe best work of (a particular person); typical (某人)的最佳代表作的; 典型的
This film is vintage Chaplin. 这部影片是卓别麟的最佳代表作.