sherry: [16] Various sorts of dryish or sweetened white wine known as sack (etymologically ‘dry wine’) were imported into England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many came from Spain, and the sort made around Xerez (now Jerez) in southern Spain was called in English (in an approximation to the Spanish pronunciation of Xerez) sherris sack. Before the end of the 16th century this had been reduced to sherry, which in due course came to be applied to the fortified Spanish wine that now goes by that name.
sherry (n.)
kind of white wine, c. 1600, mistaken singular from sherris (1530s), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres "(wine from) Xeres," modern Jerez (Roman (urbs) Caesaris) in Spain, near the port of Cadiz, where the wine was made.
双语例句
1. Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry.
亚历克斯一下子暴跳起来，结果把他那杯雪利酒都打翻了。
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2. Sherry is half as strong again as table wine.
雪利酒比佐餐酒酒劲强一半。
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3. Cook pieces of succulent chicken with ample garlic and a little sherry.
烹饪鲜美滑嫩的鸡肉时多加些大蒜，并滴入少许雪利酒。
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4. All sherry is made from wine fortified with brandy.
所有的雪利酒都是在葡萄酒中加入白兰地勾兑成的。
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5. Sherry is black, tall, slender and soft-spoken.