cellar
/ˈselə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɛlɚ] /ˈselər/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɛlɚ] /ˈse-lər/ (ame, mw)
cellar — 名詞
- cellarsingular
- cellarsplural
1. a below-ground room in a house or other building where food, tools, or supplies
地下室
建築物下方的儲藏空間
a below-ground room in a house or other building where food, tools, or supplies are kept.
Christopher carried the extra chairs down to the damp stone cellar.
Christopher 把多出的椅子搬到潮濕的石砌地下室。
go down to the cellar
Tariro found three jars of peach jam on the cellar shelf.
Tariro 在地下室的架子上找到三罐桃子果醬。
cellar + shelf for stored items
After the storm, Eli checked whether rainwater had reached the cellar stairs.
暴風雨過後，Eli 去查看雨水有沒有淹到地下室樓梯。
The bakery keeps flour and spare trays in a cool cellar.
那間麵包店把麵粉和備用烤盤放在涼爽的地下室。
文法句型
go down to the cellar
keep something in the cellar
用法筆記
This sense usually refers to a practical storage room below a house or shop, not a finished room for daily living. In North American English, basement is broader and can include work or living space.
2. a cool underground room for keeping wine, or the bottles someone keeps in that s
酒窖
存放葡萄酒的地下室；也可指其中藏酒
a cool underground room for keeping wine, or the bottles someone keeps in that space.
Joaquín showed the guests a narrow cellar filled with dusty bottles.
Joaquín 帶客人參觀一間堆滿灰塵酒瓶的狹長酒窖。
cellar for storing wine
Romi built a small cellar beneath the restaurant for bottles from its wine list.
Romi 在餐廳下方蓋了一間小酒窖，專門放酒單上的那些酒。
The family cellar held bottles saved for weddings and New Year dinners.
這家人的酒窖裡放著留給婚禮和跨年晚餐的酒。
Devika labeled each shelf in the cellar by region and year.
Devika 按產區和年份替酒窖裡的每層架子貼上標籤。
- wine cellar
more explicit phrase when the room is only for wine
- wine collection
fits only when cellar means the bottles, not the room
文法句型
a cellar full of wine
keep bottles in the cellar
用法筆記
This sense is used in wine contexts. It can name the room itself or, by extension, the bottles that someone keeps there.
cellar — 動詞
- cellarpresent simple I / you / we / they
- cellars3rd person singular
- cellaring-ing form
- cellaredpast simple
1. to place wine, cheese, or a similar product in a cellar so it can be kept or age
窖藏
把酒或起司放進地窖存放熟成
to place wine, cheese, or a similar product in a cellar so it can be kept or aged there.
Dario cellared the new cheese wheels until the holiday market opened.
Dario 把新的起司輪放進地窖窖藏，等節日市集開張。
cellar + object
The winemaker cellared last autumn's bottles in a cave below the house.
那位釀酒師把去年秋天裝瓶的酒放在屋下洞窖裡窖藏。
Aaron plans to cellar half the batch for another five years.
Aaron 打算把這批酒的一半拿去窖藏五年。
The shop owner cellared the blue cheese to deepen its flavour.
店主把藍紋起司拿去窖藏，好讓味道更深。
文法句型
cellar + wine/cheese
cellar + object + for + time
用法筆記
The object is usually wine, cheese, or another product that benefits from slow storage. This sense focuses on the act of putting the item away.
2. to stay in cellar conditions and mature over time.
熟成
在地窖環境中慢慢變成熟
to stay in cellar conditions and mature over time.
This Riesling will cellar well if you keep it cool and still.
這款 Riesling 如果保持低溫靜置，在酒窖裡會熟成得很好。
cellar well
The soft cheese cellared for six months before the tasting.
這塊軟起司在地窖裡熟成了六個月才端上試吃會。
cellar + for + period of time
Not every red wine cellars well after a long sea voyage.
不是每一款紅酒在經過漫長海運後都還能熟成得好。
The dessert wine cellared in oak barrels through the winter.
這款甜白酒在橡木桶裡過冬時慢慢熟成。
文法句型
wine/cheese + cellar + adverb
cellar + for + period of time
用法筆記
The subject is the wine, cheese, or other product being stored, not the person storing it. Distinguish from verb/1, where someone actively puts the item into the cellar.