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).
实用例句
1. Almost everybody had a cigarette in one hand and a martini in the other.
几乎每个人都是一手夹着香烟，一手端着马提尼酒。来自柯林斯例句
2. I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.
我必须脱掉这些湿衣服,然后来一杯干马提尼.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. She expected him to ask for a scotch and was rather nonplussed when he asked her to mix him a martini and lemonade.
她料想他会要一杯苏格兰威士忌，所以当他请她调一杯马提尼酒加柠檬水时，她有点不知所措。来自柯林斯例句
4. Can you remind me to buy a bottle of Martini?
你能提醒我买一瓶马提尼酒吗？来自辞典例句
5. A little stout rosy man was making himself a dry martini.
