brandy: [17] English acquired the word for this distilled spirit from Dutch brandewijn, and at first altered and translated it minimally to brandewine. Soon however this became brandy wine, and by the mid-17th century the abbreviated brandy was in common use. The Dutch compound meant ‘distilled wine’, from branden, which denoted ‘distil’ as well as ‘burn’ (it was a derivative of brand ‘fire’, cognate with English brand). => brand
brandy (n.)
1650s, abbreviation of brandywine (1620s) from Dutch brandewijn "burnt wine," so called because it is distilled (compare German cognate Branntwein and Czech palenka "brandy," from paliti "to burn"). The Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, site of a Revolutionary War battle, supposedly so named by the Dutch for the color of its waters.
例文
1. Pack the fruits and nuts into the jars and cover with brandy .
フルーツとナッツを缶に入れ、ブランデー酒に浸す。
2.Unlike wine， brandy matures only in wood，not glass.
ワインと異なるのは、ブランデーはガラス容器ではなく木製容器でしか醸造できないことだ。
3.The brandy made him choke,but it restored his nerve.
ブランデーにむせてしまったとはいえ、勇気を取り戻してくれた。
4.Fudddled by brandy ，her brain fumbled over the events of the night.
ブランデーは彼女の頭をぼんやりさせて、夜の出来事をはっきり覚えていない。
5.He poured himself a brandy and swallowed it neat.