hầm rượu
Definition
- Noun:
- Wine cellar: A room, often underground or partially underground, used for storing wine bottles and barrels at a consistently cool, dark temperature. Its primary purpose is the aging and preservation of wine.
- Cellar (for alcohol): More broadly, a storage space for alcoholic beverages, not exclusively wine, maintaining conditions suitable for aging.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Hầm rượu của nhà hàng này chứa hơn 10.000 chai. (This restaurant's wine cellar holds over 10,000 bottles.)
- Anh ấy xuống hầm rượu để lấy một chai vang đỏ. (He went down to the wine cellar to get a bottle of red wine.)
- Căn nhà cũ có một hầm rượu nhỏ bên dưới bếp. (The old house has a small cellar under the kitchen.)
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metaphorically to describe any place that is cool, dark, and used for storage, reminiscent of a traditional cellar.
- Căn phòng không cửa sổ này mát như một hầm rượu. (This windowless room is as cool as a wine cellar.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hầm chứa (n): General term for a storage cellar or basement.
- Kho rượu (n): Wine storage or warehouse; implies a larger or more commercial-scale storage area, not necessarily underground.
Synonyms
- Wine cellar: The most direct and common equivalent.
- Cellar: A general underground storage room, often for wine or food.
- Vault: Can be used for a secure, often arched, storage room for wine.
Related Idioms
- While there is no direct idiom with "hầm rượu," it is associated with concepts of aged quality, patience, and valuable collection.
- Câu chuyện đó đã được ủ trong ký ức như rượu ngon trong hầm. (That story has been aged in memory like fine wine in a cellar.)