vintage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++vin·tage1 /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 1. DFDvintage wine is good quality wine made in a particular year 〔某特定年份酿制的葡萄酒〕佳酿的，上等的，优质的2 old, but high quality 旧式的，老式的〔但品质优良〕 vintage cars 老爷车3 BESTTYPICALshowing all the best or most typical qualities of something 最好的；最典型的 a vintage performance from Bruce Springsteen 一场最具布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀风格的演出4 vintage year a) DFDa year when a good quality wine was produced 佳酿年份，美酒酿成的年份 b) BESTa year when something of very good quality was produced 旺年，好年vintage year for 2001 was not a vintage year for movies. 2001年不是电影的旺年。
Examples from the Corpus
vintage• With its vintage cable cars and cosmopolitan restaurants, the city is brimming with urbane sophistication.• While you are waiting for your private audience with the king of the Magic Kingdom you can watch vintage cartoons.• They lunched on lobster and strawberries, accompanied by a fine vintage champagne.• "A lot of people have never been in an open car, " says Mike Jacobsen, a computer programmer, who has four vintage convertibles.• Best when aged 2 to 4 years from vintage date.• The latest film has a vintage Disney charm.• Be suspicious of vintage kosher wines that are older than comparable nonkosher wines.• And over the weekend there's the usual chance to see the traditional display and run of vintage machinery.• The 1960s vintage subs would require substantial refitting.• The vintage wine had anointed his tongue with new and seductive language.vintage2 noun 1. DFD[countable] a particular year or place in which a wine is made, or the wine itself 〔葡萄酒的〕特定酿造年份[地区]；〔特定年份或地区〕酿制的酒2 of recent vintage having happened or started not very long ago 年代不久远的 There are some classic songs on the album, but most are of more recent vintage. 专辑中有几首经典的歌曲，不过大多数是近年的作品。Examples from the Corpus
vintage• Some of his competitors are still selling their 1993s, a good vintage but one that should be consumed without delay.• Hodges finally sits, and I munch on sour dough bread in between sips of the luscious vintage.• But their stardom is of a more recent vintage.• My thanks to all for a superior vintage.Origin vintage2 (1300-1400) Old French vendenge, from Latin vindemia, from vinum “wine, grapes” + demere “to take off”vin·tage1 adjectivevintage2 nounChineseSyllable
particular wine wine Corpus year quality in a vintage made good is
vintage
vin‧tage1 /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ 
adjective [only before noun]
1. vintage wine is good quality wine made in a particular year
2. old, but high quality:
vintage cars
3. showing all the best or most typical qualities of something:
a vintage performance from Bruce Springsteen
4. vintage year
a. a year when a good quality wine was produced
b. a year when something of very good quality was produced
vintage year for
2001 was not a vintage year for movies.
vintage2 noun
2. of recent vintage having happened or started not very long ago:
There are some classic songs on the album, but most are of more recent vintage.
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adjective [only before noun]1. vintage wine is good quality wine made in a particular year
2. old, but high quality:
3. showing all the best or most typical qualities of something:
4. vintage year
a. a year when a good quality wine was produced
b. a year when something of very good quality was produced
vintage year for
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noun Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: vendenge, from Latin vindemia, from vinum 'wine, grapes' + demere 'to take off'
1. [countable] a particular year or place in which a wine is made, or the wine itselfLanguage: Old French
Origin: vendenge, from Latin vindemia, from vinum 'wine, grapes' + demere 'to take off'
2. of recent vintage having happened or started not very long ago: