martiniとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

See Martini.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /mɑɹˈtini/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mɑːˈtiːni/
• 韻: -iːni

名詞

martini (countable and uncountable, plural martinis)

1. A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.

   Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?

   My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches.

   • 1961 Jan, Robert Silverberg, Amazing Stories, page 26, column 2:

     Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour.

   • c. 1963, W[ystan] H[ugh] Auden, “Symmetries & Asymmetries”, in Edward Mendelson, editor, Collected Poems, New York: Random House, published 1976, →ISBN, page 551:

     Could any tiger
     Drink martinis, smoke cigars,
     And last as we do?

   • 1997, Caroline Courtauld, May Holdsworth, The Hong Kong Story, Oxford, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21:

     He drank martini, played bridge in the club, and captured treaty-port life wickedly.

   • 2006, Joan [Elizabeth] Taylor, Conversations with Mr. Prain, Hoboken, N.J.: Melville House Publishing, →ISBN, page 172:

     I had the feeling that had he been a smoker he would have lit a cigarette at this moment. I suspected that once he had been a smoker, for he seemed as if he wished someone would offer him one. He drank martini instead.

   • 2007, Margaret S. Ngwa, Divine Love for Cleansing, Patron Publishing House, →ISBN, page 63:

     After the meal, they drank martini on the rocks in the lounge.

2. (sometimes proscribed) Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.

   I love the chocolate martinis at Trendy Bar!

派生語

派生した語

• → Japanese: マティーニ (matīni)

Further reading

• Martini (cocktail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• antimir, itramin