DFDan alcoholic drink that people drink before a meal 餐前酒,开胃酒
Examples from the Corpus
aperitif• It can serve as aperitif or dessert.• Your privatebeachEnjoy a coolaperitif Can you think of anywhere better for breakfast?• That evening, he and Elinor drank aperitifs in the summersalon.• It was still early for dinner, so they had aperitifs at a cafe in a street near the Gritti.• They have a variety of interestingreceptionoptions including aperitifs in the famousLondonZooAquarium.• Over aperitifs, there was a chance to mingle with friends old and new, before sitting down to luncheon.• It starts with a potentaperitif called Mulsum which takes twenty four hours to mature.• Nora is distinctly gloomy tonight-perhaps on account of the seaweedaperitif.
Originaperitif
(1800-1900)Frenchapéritif, from Medieval Latinaperitivus, from Latinaperire; → APERTURE