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单词 appetizing
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appetizing

adjective
/ˈæpɪtaɪzɪŋ/
/ˈæpɪtaɪzɪŋ/
(British English also appetising)
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  1. (of food, etc.) that smells or looks attractive; making you feel hungry or thirsty
    • the appetizing aroma of sizzling bacon
    • The meals he cooked were always nourishing but never particularly appetizing.
    opposite unappetizingTopics Cooking and eatingc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAppetizing is used with these nouns:
    • aroma
    • meal
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French appétissant, irregular formation from appétit from Latin appetitus ‘desire for’, from appetere ‘seek after’, from ad- ‘to’ + petere ‘seek’.
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