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单词 deliciously
释义
deliciousde‧li‧cious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ ●●● S2 adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdelicious
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin delicere ‘to attract’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He waited in delicious anticipation.
  • Mmm. This wine is delicious.
  • Thank you, that was a delicious meal.
  • The apple pie is delicious with vanilla ice cream.
  • The chocolate pie was delicious!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Blues is a delicious full fat soft blue cheese with a creamy texture and good bite.
  • Dining is a pleasurable necessity and our menu delicious.
  • I drank, and never did Ganymede serve the gods with nectar more delicious or refreshing.
  • Sliced, sea scallops could be made delicious in five minutes flat.
  • The ambulance came and I was filled with delicious brandy but was instantly sick when I got to Imtarfa Hospital.
  • When she went home to tea with them she ate delicious food.
  • You are simply there to have a good time or pursue a particularly delicious passion, when suddenly-it happens.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
something that is delicious tastes very good, and you enjoy eating or drinking it: · The apple pie is delicious with vanilla ice cream.
informal food that is tasty has a strong taste that you like: · She makes a really tasty dish with chicken and rice.
written succulent food contains a lot of juice and tastes good – used especially about fruit, vegetables, or meat: · succulent melons· a succulent steak
(also appetising British English) food that looks or smells appetizing makes you feel that you want to eat it: · The soup didn’t look very appetizing but it tasted delicious.
food that is mouth-watering smells or looks delicious, especially in a way that persuades you to buy or eat it: · The waiter came round with a tray of mouth-watering cream cakes.
(also flavorful American English) having a strong pleasant taste – used especially in written descriptions: · a flavourful red wine
informal tasting very good – used about food, not about drinks: · Her homemade brownies are really yummy.· a scrumptious meal
Longman Language Activatorhaving a very good taste
something that is delicious tastes very good, and you enjoy eating or drinking it: · Thank you, that was a delicious meal.· The apple pie is delicious with vanilla ice cream.· Mmm. This wine is delicious.
food that is tasty has a strong taste that you like: · These sausages are really tasty - where did you buy them?· She makes a really tasty dish with chicken and rice.
also nice British tasting nice and good to eat or drink: · This is a really good pizza. I think I'll have another slice.· That's good coffee - are you sure it's decaffeinated?· You can get some very nice bread at Walker's bakery.taste good/nice: · The vegetables tasted surprisingly good.· This casserole tastes nice. How did you make it?good/nice to eat: · Everyone has the capability of making themselves something good to eat when they get home in the evening.
delicious and full of juice
juicy food contains a lot of juice and tastes good - use this especially about meat or fruit: · I like my steaks to be tender, juicy, and full of flavour.· As a starter, we had delicious juicy tomatoes stuffed with rice.
written succulent food contains a lot of juice and tastes good - use this especially about meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables: · This part of the country is famous for its fine wines and succulent peaches.· The chicken was golden and crispy on the outside and juicy and succulent inside.
looking or smelling delicious
also appetising British food that looks or smells appetizing makes you feel that you want to eat it: · An appetizing smell of baked apples filled the house.· The soup didn't look very appetizing but it tasted delicious.· The average hospital serves meals that are neither appetizing nor nutritious.
food or drink that is tempting looks or smells so good that it is difficult to stop yourself from eating or drinking it, especially when you think you should not have it: · The chocolate cake was tempting but I couldn't have any because of my diet.· Contained in the pages of the book are tempting recipes from around the world.
food that is mouth-watering smells or looks delicious, especially in a way that persuades you to buy or eat it: · The waitress came round with a tray of mouth-watering cream cakes.· The delicatessen sells a mouth-watering variety of cooked meats and cheeses.
if food or drink makes your mouth water , it makes you feel very hungry and ready to eat because it looks or smells so good: · The thought of bacon and eggs made her mouth water.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Mango has a delicious flavour.
· Thanks for dinner – the food was delicious.
· The food at Jan’s house always tastes good.
· ‘It was a delicious meal,’ Merrill said politely.
(=a pleasant smell of food)· There were delicious smells emanating from the kitchen.
· That soup smells delicious.
· The taste was absolutely delicious.· a delicious creamy taste
· The apples weren’t very big but they tasted good.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· I am assured that they are absolutely delicious.· The result looked like a misshapen, over-sized hamburger which we ate at teatime, and all agreed was absolutely delicious.· The Mars bar will melt into a gooey mess ... which tastes absolutely delicious.· This one's just as much of a prezzie for you as it is for him because it smells absolutely delicious!· All are under 300 calories and all taste absolutely delicious.· How very kind of you to send that cake round to the rectory. Absolutely delicious.· It was absolutely delicious and a welcome change from the meat Marcus had been giving me lately.
· She simply looks satisfied, as if she had just bitten into the most delicious slab of chocolate she ever tasted.· Among the most delicious are pea shoots and pea leaves, which are often stir-fried with garlic.· Mrs Malaprop is one of the most delicious characters ever to gratify the stage.· Several times during the performance she permitted the most delicious show of her own.· Potted game is most delicious and delicate with hot thin crisp brown toast for tea or as a first course at lunch.
· Most Cheshire is eaten young, but it is quite delicious when matured.· It is waxed like an Edam and is quite delicious.· Delicate, direct and quite delicious.· They really are quite delicious once you get used to the idea.
· Here with us. So delicious, eh?· Still a few sea bass here, though they're so delicious that they hardly have time to freeze.
NOUN
· There are also two-day tours involving overnight stays at country hotels as well as delicious food.· When she went home to tea with them she ate delicious food.· But the delicious food had been too delicate for their hearty taste.· Thanks to the delicious food, the relaxed out-of-doors location and Vitor's good humour, enjoyment was not a problem.· Tasting delicious food is one of them.· How is a person to keep from eating delicious food if it will later make him sick?· Cranston loved this place, a veritable den of iniquity but one which sold good ales, fine wine and delicious food.
· Lauriston Farm Restaurant Enjoy a fabulous view over the Forth as well as a delicious meal.· They had eaten the delicious meal to the sound of the river flowing past while the sun faded behind the skyline.· Filled with recipes for quick, easy, yet substantial and delicious meals it may soon become your bible.· The Coach House and Buttery restaurants offer delicious meals and refreshments.
· The delicious smell was twisting his simple mind into knots of ravening hunger.· Stafford opened the oven, releasing a burst of delicious smells.· The warm, delicious smell of home baking emanating from the kitchen made Beth realise just how hungry she was.· Coming home from school on a Friday afternoon, the delicious smell emanating from our kitchen permeated the entire tenement.· Soon there are delicious smells wafting through the house.· There was a delicious smell wafting from a pink hyacinth which was growing in a glass on the table at his side.· But the bread oven conjures up delicious smells of baking and a homely warmth, missing in most modern homes.· The fallout is the delicious smell of burgers and soggy onions that wafts tantalisingly across a crowd estimated at 42,000 by Jakki.
1very pleasant to taste or smell:  ‘The meal was absolutely delicious,’ she said politely. the delicious smell of new-mown grass► see thesaurus at taste2literary extremely pleasant or enjoyable—deliciously adverb:  deliciously spicy meatTHESAURUSdelicious something that is delicious tastes very good, and you enjoy eating or drinking it: · The apple pie is delicious with vanilla ice cream.tasty informal food that is tasty has a strong taste that you like: · She makes a really tasty dish with chicken and rice.succulent written succulent food contains a lot of juice and tastes good – used especially about fruit, vegetables, or meat: · succulent melons· a succulent steakappetizing (also appetising British English) food that looks or smells appetizing makes you feel that you want to eat it: · The soup didn’t look very appetizing but it tasted delicious.mouth-watering food that is mouth-watering smells or looks delicious, especially in a way that persuades you to buy or eat it: · The waiter came round with a tray of mouth-watering cream cakes.flavourful (also flavorful American English) having a strong pleasant taste – used especially in written descriptions: · a flavourful red wineyummy/scrumptious informal tasting very good – used about food, not about drinks: · Her homemade brownies are really yummy.· a scrumptious meal
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