单词 | tomatoey |
释义 | tomatoeyadj. 1. Consisting of or containing tomatoes; esp. (of food) prepared with tomatoes; having the flavour of tomatoes. Occasionally also: covered or smeared with tomato. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > having taste savoureda1398 gusted1535 verdured1541 smoky1542 relished1567 sapient1599 tasted1604 sapid1634 gustable1657 saporousa1670 palated1671 tremulous1675 saltly1736 garlicky1775 slaty1824 trufflesque1841 pepperminty1854 flavoured1867 tasting1907 tomatoey1909 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [adjective] > tomato tomatoey1909 1909 Wellsville (N.Y.) Daily Reporter 10 Aug. 7/4 Can of tomatoes to make it tomatoey. 1933 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 5 Nov. 16/6 Other samplers say it's ‘like a pepper with a tomato-ey flavour’. 1982 D. Wiltse Wedding Guest xv. 205 The shared appreciation of the wine, the spicy sausage, the tomatoey beans. 1991 L. Ellmann Varying Degrees of Hopelessness (2003) 50 His tomatoey tie. His dishevelled appearance. 2014 Courier (Dundee) 29 Dec. (Perth & Perthshire ed.) 27/2 The soup, thick with chunky veg, was definitely homemade and had a real tomato-ey tang to it. 2. Resembling a tomato or tomatoes, esp. with regard to colour. Cf. tomato n. 3. ΚΠ 1915 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 31 Aug. 6/7 He turned his tomatoey, perspiring face, and fixed his small, bulging eyes on the little girl. 1923 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 4 Mar. b4/3 The tomatoey strands of hair which were once attached to their cerebrums. 1968 Times 11 June 5/2 A tomatoey red. 2003 Antioch Rev. 61 198 A little white guy with slicked back hair and a great tomatoey nose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1909 |
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