Champagnename

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  A cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region.

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  A surname from French.

champagnenoun/ʃæmˈpeɪn/

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  A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

  • We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer.
  • "[…] That stuff on the table may be a vehicle for filberts and walnuts, but not for such communications as yours. —Bring me champaigne," he said to the attendant who answered on his summons. The domestic returned, and brought a flask of champaigne, with two large silver cups.
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  informalAny sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.

  • I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion.
  • Of the Reims mountain wines, those of Verzi, Verzenay, Mailli, Bouzy, and St. Basle, are most esteemed; but the Clos St. Thierry furnishes perhaps the finest red Champagne. The name Jolly champagne, under which, at present, a large quantity of the best champagne is sold in the U[nited] States, does not originate from a place in Champagne, but from an owner of extensive vineyards in that province, who exports much champagne to the U. States.
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  informalAny sparkling white wine.

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  A glass of champagne.

  • "I'm not scared of needles, but I certainly don’t like them," she says. "I had a champagne en route to the clinic – maybe two – which I'd probably not recommended, but whatever works, right?[…]"
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  A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

  • Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed.
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  governmentheraldryhobbies(An ordinary occupying) the base of the shield, either flat-topped (like the chief at the top of the shield) or curved (as in a mount or trimount).

  • Alternative forms: champaine, champain
  • Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).

champagneadj/ʃæmˈpeɪn/

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  Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

  • This is the year! With champagne colors the thing on the fashion scene, Clairol is popping the corks on 4 new Champagne Blondes^®! […] Clairol's Creme Toner is your choice of Champagne color.

champagneverb/ʃæmˈpeɪn/

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  To ply or treat with champagne.

  • And equally, the central matter of Henry's infidelities has no actual dramatisation, so that we never see him coming out of a stage door with a Follies girl on his arm, or champagning a debutante, let alone entering a boudoir.
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  To drink champagne.

  • We clareted and champagned till two—then supped, and finished with a kind of regency punch composed of madeira, brandy, and green tea, no real water being admitted therein.
  • On one occasion, I was at a meeting of the turf in an hotel after the races, where violent discussions and heavy champagning were going on.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• champaine