cellar

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛlə/    美 /ˈsɛləɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
    — The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
  2. salt cellar
  3. A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
    — The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
  4. Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place. slang
    — The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
  5. A basement. Northeastern,UK,US
    — Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.
动词 v.
  1. To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar. transitive
    — Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.

词形变化

cellars plural seller alternative,obsolete cellars present,singular,third-person cellaring participle,present cellared participle,past cellared past cellars plural

词汇关系

衍生词
beer cellar Bresnan cellar nozzle cellarable cellarage cellar-door cellar door cellar dweller cellarer cellaress cellaret cellarette cellar flap cellarful cellarist cellarless cellarlike cellarman cellarmaster cellarous cellar spider cellarway cellary cyclone cellar down cellar night-cellar root cellar storm cellar subcellar undercellar wine cellar

词源

词源 1
From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
词源 2
From 15th century English saler, from French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary