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cognac

/kohn-yak, kon-; French kaw-nyak/US // ˈkoʊn yæk, ˈkɒn-; French kɔˈnyak //UK // (ˈkɒnjæk, French kɔɲak) //

干邑白兰地,白兰地,干邑色,干邑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the brandy distilled in and shipped from the legally delimited area surrounding the town of Cognac, in W central France.
    • : any French brandy.
    • : any good brandy.

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Examples

  • Trey Lamont, the owner Jerk Shack in Seattle, said chicken prices have more than doubled and he can’t get Hennessy or other cognacs.

  • He makes a 19th-century-style raspberry shrub for Roosevelt Punch, a drink made with cognac, Madeira, Jamaican rum, cold brew, and raspberry shrub, inspired by a punch that Theodore Roosevelt served at a party in 1902.

  • Americans may be known to love a cold beer, but lots of them are also sipping champagne or cognac as they ride out the pandemic.

  • From cognac to bourbon, rye to añejo tequila, many of our beloved spirits spend years aging in wooden casks.

  • The cognac, an effort by the Georgian vintners to replicate the traditional French liquor, is valued at $1400 for a single bottle.

  • He also smokes copious amounts of weed mooched off his friends and makes miracles by turning water into cognac.

  • He replied, “Oh, I had six bottles of wine and three bottles of cognac.”

  • Bandar bin Sultan smoked fine cigars and drank finer Cognac.

  • Lachaume, the painter, and I were chatting at one of its little tables, he over an absinthe and I over a coffee and cognac.

  • He tried the captain, but that worthy seaman was sleeping like a hog, and the cognac was running in slavers from his mouth.

  • As every cup was well flavored with cognac, it made all their faces red, and confused their ideas still more.

  • The Roman Catholics, advancing, laid siege to Cognac, confident of easy success.

  • I suggested that it was a very trying trip, and asked her if she would allow me to offer her some of my cognac.