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单词 sapid
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Definition of sapid in English:

sapid

adjective ˈsapɪdˈsæpəd
  • 1Having a strong, pleasant taste.

    sapid nut bread
    the aromatic stew was just as sapid as it smelled
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stone Barns' animals oxygenate their muscles with all their ranging and grass-eating, and thereby develop more sapid meat.
    • Saliva also contributes to taste by dissolving sapid substances in food and so making them accessible to the taste buds; a zinc-binding protein, gustin, is thought to contribute to the taste process.
    • When the interval between preexposure and conditioning was 1 day, the rats formed only a weak aversion to the sapid solution, whereas when the interval was 19 days, the rats formed a very strong aversion to the solution.
    • For example, Ida allowed water-deprived rats access for 15 min/day to a sapid solution on either 0, 8, or 16 consecutive days.
    Synonyms
    strong, full-bodied, flavourful, full-flavoured, flavoursome, full of flavour, rich
    1. 1.1 (of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We had all the preconditions for a long and sapid conversation.
      Synonyms
      tasty, appetizing, pleasant-tasting
      pleasant, acceptable, satisfactory, pleasing, agreeable, easy to take, to one's liking, pleasurable, nice

Derivatives

  • sapidity

  • noun səˈpɪdɪtisəˈpɪdədi
    • Judging by his results, which he discusses in terms of sapidity and organoleptic and retronasal profiles, he, as much as anyone else, has elevated wine and cheese pairing to a science.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Together with salt, it gives both the name and the relish to sallets from the sapidity, which renders not plants and herbs only, but men themselves pleasant and agreeable.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin sapidus, from sapere 'to taste'.

Rhymes

rapid, vapid
 
 

Definition of sapid in US English:

sapid

adjectiveˈsapədˈsæpəd
  • 1Having a strong, pleasant taste.

    sapid nut bread
    the aromatic stew was just as sapid as it smelled
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Saliva also contributes to taste by dissolving sapid substances in food and so making them accessible to the taste buds; a zinc-binding protein, gustin, is thought to contribute to the taste process.
    • For example, Ida allowed water-deprived rats access for 15 min/day to a sapid solution on either 0, 8, or 16 consecutive days.
    • Stone Barns' animals oxygenate their muscles with all their ranging and grass-eating, and thereby develop more sapid meat.
    • When the interval between preexposure and conditioning was 1 day, the rats formed only a weak aversion to the sapid solution, whereas when the interval was 19 days, the rats formed a very strong aversion to the solution.
    Synonyms
    strong, full-bodied, flavourful, full-flavoured, flavoursome, full of flavour, rich
    1. 1.1 (of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We had all the preconditions for a long and sapid conversation.
      Synonyms
      tasty, appetizing, pleasant-tasting
      pleasant, acceptable, satisfactory, pleasing, agreeable, easy to take, to one's liking, pleasurable, nice

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin sapidus, from sapere ‘to taste’.

 
 
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