brandy• The men drank brandy and ate kichel and returned shortly after to the streets.• Otherwise it's months of planning up the wall, and Mr Churchill crying in his brandy.• They talked a lot during dinner and then after a couple of brandies, went up to the bedroom.• No more than one hundred are assigned to Wrigley Field for the forty-five thousand Bear fans, with their pints of brandy.• I really can't stand the taste of whisky or brandy.• Alice clutched the brandy glass, then set it down on the coffeetable.• One did not take to the brandy at ten o'clock in the morning!
Originbrandy
(1600-1700)brandywine((1600-1700)), from Dutchbrandewijn“burnt wine, distilled wine”
ADJECTIVE | ... OF BRANDY | VERB + BRANDY | BRANDY + NOUNADJECTIVE➤double, large雙份/大杯白蘭地▸➤single, small單份/小杯白蘭地▸➤stiff, strong烈性白蘭地◇a stiff brandy and soda (= containing a lot of brandy and not much soda)濃度很高的白蘭地蘇打水➤neat, straight (NAmE) 純白蘭地▸➤cherry, plum, etc.櫻桃、李子等白蘭地... OF BRANDY➤drop, measure, shot, tot (especially BrE) 一滴/標準量的一份/少量/小杯白蘭地◇He added a shot of brandy to his coffee.他在咖啡裏加了一點兒白蘭地。◇She poured herself a large measure of brandy.她給自己倒了一大份白蘭地。➤bottle, flask, glass, snifter (= a glass) (NAmE) 一瓶/一扁瓶/一玻璃杯/一杯白蘭地VERB + BRANDY➤drink喝白蘭地◇Do you drink brandy?你喝白蘭地嗎?➤have喝白蘭地◇I'll have some brandy, please.請給我來點兒白蘭地。➤pour (sb)(給某人)倒白蘭地➤sip呷白蘭地▸➤gulp, swig大口喝白蘭地➤down, finish一口喝下/喝光白蘭地➤distil, produce用蒸餾法製/生產白蘭地BRANDY + NOUN➤bottle白蘭地瓶▸➤glass白蘭地玻璃酒杯◇He sat cradling his brandy glass.他雙手捧着白蘭地酒杯坐在那裏。