nounmɪˈθ(j)uːz(ə)lə
A wine bottle of eight times the standard size.
特大号酒瓶（标准酒瓶的八倍大）
Example sentencesExamples
- But did you know that a methuselah is eight bottles worth or six litres of wine - referred to in Bordeaux as an imperiale?
- Last month, while hanging out in St Tropez, he reputedly spent $80,000 on four methuselahs of Cristal and that was after the Sultan of Brunei had given him a welcome to London present of 10.
proper nounmɪˈθ(j)uːz(ə)lə
1(in the Bible) a patriarch, the grandfather of Noah, who is said to have lived for 969 years (Gen. 5:27).
- 1.1 Used to refer to a very old person.
I'm feeling older than Methuselah
Example sentencesExamples
- I have shaved a Methuselah's beard of red fuzz over that little bathroom sink.
Synonyms
retired person, pensioner, old-age pensioner, oap