| 单词 | soul food | 
| 释义 | soul foodn. 1.  figurative. Food for the soul; spiritual nourishment. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > 			[noun]		 > spiritual sustenance soul foodc1175 mannaa1200 pasturec1350 red meat1933 OE    Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. 		(Cambr. Gg.3.28)	 xxv. 233  				Hlaf is ðæs lichaman bigleofa, and lar is ðære sawle foda. OE    tr.  Theodulf of Orleans Capitula 		(Bodl.)	 xxxii. 363  				Se þe eornostlice gesihð þæt he sylf Crist næfð, þe cwæð, ‘Ic eom hlaf lifiende..’, & soðe lufe, seo is saule foda [OE Corpus Cambr. sawle fostor; L. pastus animae], næfð, se hingreð witodlice.]			 c1175    Ormulum 		(Burchfield transcript)	 l. 958  				Summ whatt icc habbe shæwedd ȝuw. Till ȝure sawle fode. a1200    MS Trin. Cambr. in  R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies 		(1873)	 2nd Ser. 27 (MED)  				On is þe mete þe þe lichame..biliueð; Ðat oðer is godes word þat is þe sowle fode. a1350    in  K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen 		(1878)	 199  				Iesu, for loue þou stehe on rode..Loue þou madest oure soule fode. a1500						 (c1340)						    R. Rolle Psalter 		(Univ. Oxf. 64)	 		(1884)	 cvi. §10. 381  				In nede of saule fode. 1612    T. Wilson Christian Dict. 310  				Christ is called Manna, because he is the bread that came downe from heauen, the onely soule-food. 1701    B. Keach Gospel Myst. Unveil’d I. xxxiv. 198/2  				Riches suit not the state of their Souls, it cannot answer nor supply Soul-wants, nor raise their Souls to Honour; 'twill not buy Soul-Food nor Soul-Raiment. 1838    J. Pring Second Series of Kingdom Serm. 329  				Supposing Christ to be the true bread of life,..or soul-food as aforesaid. 1896    G. D. Watson 		(title)	  				Soul Food: being chapters on the interior life with passages of personal experience. 1904    G. Ade True Bills 68  				She asked him..what amount he spent on Clothes and Finery as compared with his Outlay for Soul-Food. 1920    W. R. Lethaby in  London Mercury Mar. 575  				The history that can be seen and touched is a strong and stimulating soul-food, entirely different from vague and wearying written history. 1999    S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet 		(2000)	 xvi. 483  				A recently ordained woman priest..deducing that the Vina phenomenon reveals the world's spiritual hunger, its need for soul food.  2.  Originally U.S. Food prepared in a style originating in the rural southern United States and traditionally associated with African Americans. Cf. soul n. 3c.Often with overtones of sense  1, such food being closely associated with family and community life and hence with emotional and spiritual comfort. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > 			[noun]		 > food eaten by black people soul food1960 1960    Los Angeles Sentinel 29 Dec.  a15  				Claims he can't eat the ‘soul’ food like Ham and Grits. 1967    ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp 		(1998)	 iv. 56  				After a week of rest and Mama's soulfood, my color and strength came back. 1972    L. Reed Walk on Wild Side 		(song)	 in  Pass thru Fire 		(2000)	 125  				Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat. 1994    P. Baker Blood Posse x. 113  				The smell of hog maws, collard greens, and soul food crept from behind apartment doors. 2005    Z. Smith On Beauty 68  				We're gonna have like a shin-dig, nothing much, some Marvin Gaye, some soul-food—you know, very mellow. Compounds  General attributive, as  soul food dinner,  soul food grocery,  soul food restaurant, etc. ΚΠ 1961    Pittsburgh Courier 24 June 21  				Combo leader Bill Doggett had to decline the tempting ‘soul food’ dinner. 1975    Amer. Speech 1969 44 91  				A few drugstores, ‘rib-joints’, snack bars, and a couple of ‘soul food’ places. 1978    Broadcast's Programme Edinb. TV Festival 8/3  				The social centre of the series is a soul-food grocery owned by a West Indian entrepreneur. 1990    Sports Illustr. 23 July 36/3  				A building that once housed a soul-food restaurant. 1994    Denver Post 30 Jan.  f8/4  				She offers some reconfigured ‘Soul Food’ recipes. 2000    P. Johnson  & C. O'Brien World Food: New Orleans 12  				The common configuration for a typical Southern country-style or Soul Food meal is the ‘meat and three’ [sc. vegetables]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  | 
	
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