1844, "a drink of liquor," earlier "a sniff," from a Scottish and northern English survival of an obsolete verb snift meaning "to sniff, snivel" (mid-14c.), of imitative origin (compare sniff (v.)). Meaning "large bulbous stemmed glass for drinking brandy" is from 1937. The association of "drinking liquor" with words for "inhaling, snuffling" (such as snort (n.), snootful) is perhaps borrowed from snuff-taking and the nasal reaction to it.
雙語例句
1. Shake well with ice. Strain into brandy snifter over ice cubes.
在調(diào)酒壺中加入冰塊,把所有成份倒入其中,搖勻后倒入加冰的白蘭地酒杯.
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2. Stir with crushed ice. Strain into snifter glass. Garnish with a cherry.
在調(diào)酒杯中加入冰塊, 把所有成份倒入其中,攪動后倒入白蘭地杯,再用紅櫻桃裝飾.
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3. A heated snifter hastens the release of the brandy's bouquet.
加熱后的白蘭地杯可以更快地釋放白蘭地中的芳香.
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4. What is the purpose behind heating a snifter before serving a brandy neat?