vintage sth (grapes)
vintage 作动词时为及物动词，后面必须接宾语，不能单独使用。
The farm workers vintage the grapes by hand each September.
农场工人每年九月手工采收葡萄。
采收葡萄；采摘葡萄
vintages — third person singular of vintage
用葡萄酿酒；酿造葡萄酒；用葡萄酿制(葡萄酒)。；采葡萄
采收(葡萄)。
To harvest (grapes).
用葡萄酿制(葡萄酒)。
To make (wine) from grapes.
一般现在时
They vintage the grapes in late September.
他们九月底采摘葡萄。
past
The winery vintaged its first harvest in 2010.
这家酒庄在2010年酿造了第一批葡萄酒。
现在完成时
This vineyard has vintaged award-winning wines for decades.
这座葡萄园几十年来一直在酿造获奖葡萄酒。
vintage 作动词指采摘葡萄或酿造葡萄酒，规则变化，过去式和过去分词均为 vintaged。
Every autumn, the farmers vintage the grapes before the first heavy rain.
每年秋天，农民们会在第一次大雨前采收葡萄。
用法提示：vintage 在此用作及物动词，表示“采收（葡萄）”，时态为一般现在时。
The small vineyard vintaged its ripest grapes in late September.
这个小葡萄园在九月底采收了自己最成熟的葡萄。
用法提示：vintaged 是 vintage 的过去式，意为“采收”。
Right now, the pickers are vintaging the white grapes on the sunny slope.
此刻，采摘工人们正在朝阳的山坡上采收白葡萄。
用法提示：are vintaging 是现在进行时，vintage 作动词表示“采收葡萄”。
vintage 作动词时为及物动词，后面必须接宾语，不能单独使用。
The farm workers vintage the grapes by hand each September.
农场工人每年九月手工采收葡萄。
表示“用葡萄酿酒”的动词用法较少见，多出现在酒庄或产区的介绍中。
This small estate vintages its own wine from organically grown grapes.
这家小酒庄用有机种植的葡萄酿造自己的葡萄酒。
被动语态常用来说明葡萄在何时、何地采收。
The grapes are vintaged in early autumn, before the rains come.
葡萄在初秋采收，赶在雨季到来之前。
grammar · medium
易错句子Every autumn, the farmer vintage the grapes on this hill.
正确表达Every autumn, the farmer vintages the grapes on this hill.
主语 the farmer 是第三人称单数，一般现在时动词要加 -s，vintage 的第三人称单数形式是 vintages；不加 -s 的 vintage 只是原形。
grammar · medium
易错句子Last year they vintage the grapes in early October.
正确表达Last year they vintaged the grapes in early October.
Last year 指过去，谓语要用过去式 vintaged；这里误用了动词原形 vintage，把过去和现在混为一谈。
grammar · medium
易错句子The workers are vintage the grapes right now.
正确表达The workers are vintaging the grapes right now.
be 动词后要接现在分词，vintage 以不发音的 e 结尾，去 e 加 -ing 变成 vintaging，不能直接用原形。
采摘葡萄
Farm workers vintage the grapes by hand in early autumn.
农场工人在初秋手工采摘葡萄。
采收这一季的葡萄收成
They vintage the crop once the sugar levels are just right.
糖分恰到好处时，他们就采收这一季的葡萄。
酿造葡萄酒
The estate vintages the wine in French oak barrels.
这座庄园用法国橡木桶酿造葡萄酒。
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