brandies n. 白兰地(brandy的复数)
- Two brandies and soda, please.
劳驾,来两杯白兰地加苏打水. - Cognac and Armagnac are fine brandies.
科尼亚克和阿马尼亚克是两种优质白兰地. - I drank a couple of brandies before going to bed and slept like a log.
我上床前喝了几杯白兰地酒,因此就睡得很熟。
Brandy \Bran"dy\, n.; pl. {Brandies}. [From older brandywine,
brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn,
distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See {Brand}.]
A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is
also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the
United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In
northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from
grain.
{Brandy fruit}, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.