1891, short for Martini cocktail (1886), perhaps from Martini & Rossi, Italian firm that makes vermouth (an ingredient of the drink); the firm was in existence then by that name, but it is not specified among the ingredients in the earliest recipes (such as Harry Johnson's "Bartender's Manual," 1888). Another theory holds that it is a corruption of Martinez, California, town where the drink was said to have originated. See discussion in Lowell Edmunds' book "Martini, Straight Up" (1998).
雙語例句
1. Almost everybody had a cigarette in one hand and a martini in the other.
幾乎每個人都是一手夾著香煙，一手端著馬提尼酒。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.
我必須脫掉這些濕衣服,然後來一杯幹馬提尼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. She expected him to ask for a scotch and was rather nonplussed when he asked her to mix him a martini and lemonade.
她料想他會要一杯蘇格蘭威士忌，所以當他請她調一杯馬提尼酒加檸檬水時，她有點不知所措。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Can you remind me to buy a bottle of Martini?
你能提醒我買一瓶馬提尼酒嗎？
來自辭典例句
5. A little stout rosy man was making himself a dry martini.