Claret

(noun.) a dark purplish-red color.

(noun.) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine.

(verb.) drink claret; 'They were clareting until well past midnight'.

班森编辑

• Mr. Fox and Mr. Sheridan drank claret. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Gentlemen drank claret. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Give me my peach, my cup of coffee, and my claret; I am content. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I'm tired of claret. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He drove his curricle; he drank his claret; he played his rubber; he told his Indian stories, and the Irish widow consoled and flattered him as usual. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Another glass of claret won't hurt you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• This is a day, said Mr. Skimpole, gaily taking a little claret in a tumbler, that will ever be remembered here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Cricket dinner-- glorious party--capital songs--old port--claret--good--very good--wine, ma'am--wine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He invited Mr. Jarndyce to take a glass of claret. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Done,' says I; and egad, sir--this claret's very good. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Never was better claret at any man's table than at honest Rawdon's; dinners more gay and neatly served. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• George was still drinking claret when she returned to the dining-room, and made no signs of moving. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Well, I'll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• As we sat soberly drinking claret there with men of to-day, the spirits of the departed came in and took their places round the darksome board. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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