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).
例文
1. Almost everybody had a cigarette in one hand and a martini in the other.
ほとんどの人はタバコを片手に挟み、マティーニ酒を片手に持っている。
2.I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini .
濡れた服を脱いで、乾いたマティーニを一杯ください。
3.She expected him to ask for a scotch and was rather nonplussed when he asked her to mix him a martini and lemonade.