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A wine that has been with herbs, roots and , and made a little stronger with added alcohol. It comes in two main styles: dry vermouth, which is pale and not sweet, and sweet vermouth, which is reddish-brown and rich. Italy and France are the traditional homes of it.
A wine that has been flavoured with herbs, roots and spices一種加了香草、根莖和香料調味的葡萄酒 and made a little stronger with added alcohol還加了一點酒精讓它濃度更高 It comes in two main styles它主要分兩種 dry vermouth, which is pale and not sweetdry vermouth，顏色淡、不甜 and sweet vermouth, which is reddish-brown and rich而sweet vermouth則是紅棕色、味道濃厚 Italy and France are the traditional homes of it義大利和法國是它傳統的產地
People rarely drink much of it on its own — its real job is in cocktails, where a small amount does a lot of work. A martini is gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth; a Manhattan is whisky with sweet vermouth; a Negroni uses sweet vermouth too. That said, in Spain and Italy a glass of vermouth over ice with a slice of orange, before dinner, is a normal and pleasant thing.
People rarely drink much of it on its own很少有人會單獨大口喝它 its real job is in cocktails它真正的用武之地是調酒 where a small amount does a lot of work一點點份量就能發揮很大的作用 A martini is gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth馬丁尼是琴酒（或伏特加）加dry vermouth a Manhattan is whisky with sweet vermouth曼哈頓是威士忌加sweet vermouth a Negroni uses sweet vermouth too內格羅尼也用sweet vermouth That said話雖如此 in Spain and Italy在西班牙和義大利 a glass of vermouth over ice with a slice of orange, before dinner飯前來一杯加冰塊、配一片橙子的vermouth is a normal and pleasant thing是很平常、也很愜意的事
It is an uncountable noun for the drink itself ('a bottle of vermouth', 'add some vermouth'), though in a bar you can order 'a vermouth' meaning a glass of it. English speakers say it two ways — ver-MOOTH is usual in Britain, ver-MOOTH or VER-mooth both turn up in America — and either will be understood. Once opened, a bottle should live in the fridge and be drunk within a couple of months; unlike spirits, it is wine, and it goes stale.
It is an uncountable noun for the drink itself它是指這種飲料本身的不可數名詞 ('a bottle of vermouth', 'add some vermouth')（像是「a bottle of vermouth」、「add some vermouth」這樣用） though in a bar you can order 'a vermouth'不過在酒吧裡你可以點「a vermouth」 meaning a glass of it意思是一杯vermouth English speakers say it two ways英語使用者有兩種唸法 ver-MOOTH is usual in Britain在英國通常唸成ver-MOOTH ver-MOOTH or VER-mooth both turn up in America在美國ver-MOOTH或VER-mooth都聽得到 and either will be understood兩種唸法都聽得懂 Once opened開瓶之後 a bottle should live in the fridge and be drunk within a couple of months應該放冰箱保存，並在幾個月內喝完 unlike spirits跟烈酒不同 it is wine它是葡萄酒 and it goes stale會變質走味
組成From French vermout, from German Wermut 'wormwood' — the bitter plant originally used to flavour it. It is a doublet of the English word wormwood: the same word, arriving by two different roads.
同家族的字
- wormwoodthe same original German/Germanic word Wermut, borrowed straight into English as wormwood and again via French as vermouth
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
vermouthnoun/vəˈmuːθ/
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A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.
- He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
- Vermouth originated in the 18th century, when wine growers in the foothills of the French and Italian Alps developed a method of enhancing the taste of sour or uncompromising wines with the infusion of a variety of sweeteners, spices, herbs, roots, seeds, flowers, and peel.
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A serving of vermouth.
- As we sat over our vermuths he glorified the Company’s business, and by-and-by I expressed casually my surprise at him not going out there.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。