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.
双语例句
1. Shake well with ice. Strain into brandy snifter over ice cubes.
在调酒壶中加入冰块,把所有成份倒入其中,摇匀后倒入加冰的白兰地酒杯.
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2. Stir with crushed ice. Strain into snifter glass. Garnish with a cherry.
在调酒杯中加入冰块, 把所有成份倒入其中,搅动后倒入白兰地杯,再用红樱桃装饰.
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3. A heated snifter hastens the release of the brandy's bouquet.
加热后的白兰地杯可以更快地释放白兰地中的芳香.
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4. What is the purpose behind heating a snifter before serving a brandy neat?
