dessert wine
dessert wine — 名詞
1. a wine that tastes sweet, made from grapes with a high sugar content or by addin
甜葡萄酒
高糖葡萄佐餐甜酒
a wine that tastes sweet, made from grapes with a high sugar content or by adding extra alcohol, and that people usually drink during or just after the sweet course of a meal
Mira chose a Portuguese dessert wine to go with her chocolate cake.
Mira 選了一瓶葡萄牙甜葡萄酒來搭配她的巧克力蛋糕。
collocation: choose + dessert wine
Baraka prefers dry red wine, but his wife enjoys sweet dessert wines after dinner.
Baraka 比較喜歡不甜的紅酒，但他太太喜歡餐後來一杯甜甜的甜葡萄酒。
contrast with dry wine signals sweetness
This dessert wine from the late-harvest grapes tastes like honey and dried apricots.
這款用晚收葡萄釀造的甜葡萄酒喝起來有蜂蜜和杏桃乾的味道。
Asher asked the waiter to recommend a good dessert wine for the birthday celebration.
Asher 請服務生推薦一款適合慶生用的甜葡萄酒。
After the main course, the host brought out a bottle of chilled dessert wine.
主菜用完後，主人拿出一瓶冰涼的餐後甜酒。
Kasia served a light dessert wine with the fruit tart at her dinner party.
Kasia 在她家宴上搭配水果塔上了一款清爽的餐後甜酒。
Lakan and his friends shared a small glass of dessert wine after their meal.
Lakan 和朋友在用餐後共享了一小杯餐後甜酒。
A small glass of chilled dessert wine is a perfect way to end a meal.
一小杯冰涼的餐後甜酒是結束一餐的完美方式。
- sweet wine
broader term; includes wines that are sweet but not necessarily intended for dessert
- fortified wine
a type of dessert wine with added alcohol, such as Port or Sherry; not all dessert wines are fortified
- after-dinner wine
focuses on timing rather than sweetness; slightly informal
- dry wine
wine with very little or no sweetness
文法句型
dessert wine (uncountable, the drink in general)
a dessert wine (countable, a particular type or brand)
用法筆記
Uncountable when referring to the drink in general ('I love dessert wine'). Countable when referring to a particular type or brand ('They sell three dessert wines from Austria'). Dessert wines are typically made from high-sugar grapes (late-harvest, ice wine) or fortified with extra alcohol (Port, Sherry), and are traditionally served with or after the sweet course of a meal.