| 释义 |
edible, a. and n.|ˈɛdɪb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. edibilis, f. ed-ĕre to eat.]
A. adj. Eatable, fit to be eaten.
1611Cotgr., Ouë, the paunch, and intralls of edible creatures. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., The head is edible..of the cow, calfe, etc. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) II. 395 The edible frog. 1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 219 The Edible Snail or Helix pomatia. 1884J. Colborne Hicks Pasha 104 Everything edible was brought up.
B. n. An eatable substance, an article of food. (chiefly in pl.)
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Birds, fishes, and other edibles. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. i. 114 Impositions upon Edibles. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 357 The delightful hampers of edibles and drinkables. 1864Daily Tel. 23 Dec., What will be the effect of the introduction of this new edible?
Hence edibleness; = edibility.
1772in Scott Bailey's Dict. 1775in Ash; and in mod. Dicts.
▸ edible frog n. a European frog, Rana esculenta, with highly variable colouring which is a hybrid between the marsh frog, R. ridibunda, and the pool frog, R. lessonae, and is considered a delicacy in some countries; cf. green frog n. (b) at green adj. and n. Additions.
1776T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4) III. 13 *Edible frog... Rana esculenta Lin. 1887Classical Rev. 1 20 The Greek frog..is the Rana esculenta, the edible frog of southern Europe. 1999Eng. Nature Jan. 11/3 The invasive Australian swamp stonecrop will join other undesirable non-native species such as edible frog, imported crayfish and Alpine newt. |