methuselah
noun /məˈθjuːzələ/
/məˈθuːzələ/
- a wine bottle that holds eight times as much wine as an ordinary bottle
compare jeroboam, nebuchadnezzar, rehoboam玛土撒拉瓶,特大号酒瓶(容量是普通葡萄酒瓶的八倍) 词源1930s: from Methuselah, the grandfather of Noah in the Bible who is said to have lived for 969 years (Genesis 5:27).