標題:The future of the Chinese consumer—in three glasses
What China’s biggest distiller, brewer and water-bottler say about its economy
正文:To western palates baijiu is an acquired taste—and most never acquire it. China’s national fire water, at first whiff redolent of cheap potato vodka with a soup?on of fish sauce, is just too pungently unfamiliar. But whatever foreign investors plied with the stuff by their Chinese business partners make of the flavour, they appear to be lapping up shares in its makers.
知識點:whiff n.
1. a smell, especially one that you only smell for a short time一點兒氣味;一股氣味
a whiff of cigar smoke一股雪茄煙味
He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towards her.他探身靠近她時聞到一股香水味。
2. a slight sign or feeling of sth輕微的跡象(或感覺);一點點;些許
a whiff of danger一點點危險
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