Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from grapes, or other fruits/vegetables, and can also describe a deep red color. The phrase "wine and dine" means to entertain someone lavishly with food and drinks.
[N-MASS 物质名词]葡萄酒；果蔬酒Wine is an alcoholic drink which is made from grapes. You can also refer to alcoholic drinks made from other fruits or vegetables as wine .
...a bottle of white wine...
一瓶白葡萄酒
This is a nice wine.
这种葡萄酒味道不错。
...homemade parsnip wine.
家酿欧洲萝卜酒
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[COLOUR 颜色词]深红色；紫红色；酒红色Wine is used to describe things that are very dark red in colour.
She wore her wine-coloured gaberdine raincoat.
她穿着深红色华达呢雨衣。
...an olive and wine wool sweater.
橄榄绿与深红色相间的羊毛衫
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[PHR-ERG ]大吃大喝；盛宴款待 If you wine and dine, or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money.
[Vs inflect]
Colleagues were furious at doing her work while she wined and dined...
同事们干着她的活儿，而她却在外面大吃大喝，这让大家都气坏了。
A lot of money went on wining and dining prospective clients.
很多钱都花在宴请潜在客户上了。
Oxford
wine★/waɪn; NAmEwaɪn/
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winewineswinedwiningnoun★1★[uncountable , countable ]an alcoholic drink made from the juice of grapesthat has been left to ferment.There are many different kinds of wine.葡萄酒◆a bottle of wine一瓶葡萄酒◆a glass of dry/sweet wine一杯干╱甜葡萄酒◆red/rosé/white wine红╱玫瑰红╱白葡萄酒◆sparkling wine汽酒☞see also
table wine
2[uncountable , countable ]an alcoholic drink made from plants or fruits other than grapes（用植物或除葡萄以外的水果酿制的）酒，果酒◆elderberry/rice wine接骨木果酒；米酒3[uncountable ](alsowine ˈred)a dark red colour 紫红色；深红色verbIDIOMˌwine and ˈdine (sb)to go to restaurants, etc. and enjoy good food and drink; to entertain sb by buying them good food and drink （去餐馆等）大吃大喝；用酒宴款待◆The firm spent thousands wining and dining potential clients.这家公司成千上万地花费在大摆酒宴款待潜在的客户上。wine/waɪn; NAmEwaɪn/
1an alcoholic drink made from grapes, or a type of this drink: a glass of winered/white wine a bottle of red winedry/sweet/sparkling wine a dry white wine2an alcoholic drink made from another fruit or plant: damson wineCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + winered/white/rosé wine· The waiter brought some red wine.dry wine (=not sweet)· a dry white winesweet wine· A slightly sweet wine goes well with smoked duck.sparkling wine (=with bubbles of gas in it)· The best-known sparkling wine is champagne.strong wine (=having a lot of alcohol)· This village produces strong wines of good character.light wine (=without a lot of alcohol)· The wine is light and refreshing.fruity wine· a fresh and fruity wine made in Francefull-bodied wine (=with a pleasantly strong taste)· full-bodied red wines such as claretFrench/Spanish etc wine· The restaurant has a wide selection of French wines.vintage wine (=good quality wine from a particular year)· He was a collector of vintage wines.fine wine (=a good and expensive wine)· He was a lover of fine wines and good food.table wine (=an inexpensive wine to drink with a meal)· The vineyard produces table wines for local use.the house wine (=ordinary wine that is used in restaurants, in contrast to wines that are sold by the bottle and have the label of a wine produce on them)· a glass of the house winephrasesa bottle of wine· They opened a bottle of wine.a glass of wine· I poured myself a glass of wine.
wine1 noun
wine2 verb
winewine2 verb
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wine and dine somebody to entertain someone well with a meal, wine etc: Companies spend millions wining and dining clients.
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wine
[waɪn]wined, wining, wines
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wines[1562] wining[224]
酒(75%)，葡萄酒(20%)，喝酒(3%)，紫红色(1%)，使人沉醉的东西(1%)
n.酒，葡萄酒；紫红色
vt.请…喝酒
vi.喝酒
n.(Wine)人名；(英)瓦恩
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