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    retsina

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    ret·si·na /retˈsiːnə/ noun [uncountable]  DFDa Greek wine that tastes of the resin (=juice) of certain trees 〔希腊产的〕香松葡萄酒
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    retsina• The donkey-driver sat down and rather grudgingly accepted a small tumbler of retsina.    Origin retsina (1900-2000) Modern Greek Greek rhetine; → RESIN
    ret·si·na nounChineseSyllable
    tastes that Corpus a Greek of the wine


    retsina
    ret‧si‧na /retˈsiːnə/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Language: Modern Greek
     Origin: Greek rhetine; ⇨ resin
    a Greek wine that tastes of the resin (=juice) of certain trees


    ret·sinaBrE /retˈsiːnə/ 🔊NAmE /retˈsiːnə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] a type of red or white wine from Greece that is given a special flavour with resin (1) 松香味希腊葡萄酒