vintage

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vin·tage [vintage vintages] noun, adjective BrE [ˈvɪntɪdʒ] NAmE [ˈvɪntɪdʒ]
noun
1. the wine that was produced in a particular year or place; the year in which it was produced
•the 1999 vintage
•2005 was a particularly fine vintage.
2. usually singular the period or season of gathering ↑grapes for making wine
•The vintage was later than usual.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: alteration (influenced by ↑vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).

Example Bank:
•the youngest vintages of wines

 
adjective only before noun
1. vintage wine is of very good quality and has been stored for several years
2. (BrE) (of a vehicle)made between 1919 and 1930 and admired for its style and interest
•a vintage rally (= for vehicles of this type)
compare ↑veteran car
3. typical of a period in the past and of high quality; the best work of the particular person
•a collection of vintage designs
•vintage TV drama
•The opera is vintage Rossini.
4. ~ year a particularly good and successful year
•2008 was not a vintage year for the movies.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: alteration (influenced by ↑vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).