aperitif

aperitif — noun

1. an alcoholic drink served shortly before people eat, meant to wake up the appeti

1.名詞C2
釋義

an alcoholic drink served shortly before people eat, meant to wake up the appetite.

例句

The waiter offered us a cold aperitif while we looked at the menu.

offer an aperitif

Before dinner, Elena chose a light aperitif instead of beer.

aperitif before dinner

同義詞
  • pre-dinner drink

    plain everyday phrase; broader and more common than 'aperitif'

  • cocktail

    can be an aperitif, but many cocktails are not linked to the start of a meal

反義詞
  • digestif

    an alcoholic drink taken after a meal rather than before it

文法句型

have an aperitif before dinner

serve an aperitif

用法筆記

Common in restaurant, hotel, and formal social contexts. In everyday conversation, many speakers simply say 'a drink before dinner' unless they want this more European-style term.

常見錯誤

❌We ate an aperitif before dinner.
✅We drank an aperitif before dinner.
💡an aperitif is a drink, not the food served at the start of the meal.