| 单词 |
Surrentine |
| 释义 |
Surrentine, a.|sʌˈrɛntaɪn| [ad. L. Surrentīnus, f. Surrentum, a maritime town of Campania, now Sorrento.] Belonging to Surrentum or the neighbouring hills, anciently famous for an excellent wine.
1601Holland Pliny xiv. vi. I. 414 That the Physicians had laid their heads togither, and agreed to give the Surrentine wine so great a name. 1833Redding Mod. Wines (1851) 8 Surrentine was a wine commended by the Emperor Caligula. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1271/1 The Falernian,..Gauran, and Surrentine hills..towered above the rich plains and cities below. |

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