- [uncountable, countable]
a strong yellow or brown wine, originally from southern Spain. It is often drunk before meals. 雪利酒（烈性葡萄酒，原产自西班牙南部） sweet/dry sherry 甜／无甜味的雪利酒 cream sherry (= a type of very sweet sherry) 浓甜雪利酒 fine quality sherries 优质雪利酒 a sherry glass (= a type of small narrow wine glass) 雪利酒杯（一种细小玻璃酒杯）
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small
- cream
- dry
- …
- bottle
- glass
- have
- drink
- sip
- …
- glass
- vinegar
- trifle
- …
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a glass of sherry 一杯雪利酒 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small
- cream
- dry
- …
- bottle
- glass
- have
- drink
- sip
- …
- glass
- vinegar
- trifle
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: alteration of archaic sherris, interpreted as plural, from Spanish (vino de) Xeres ‘Xeres (wine)’ (Xeres being the former name of Jerez, a town in Andalusia, Spain).