| 单词 | sapid |
| 释义 | sapid (once / 101020 pages) adj Something that's sapid is very flavorful or savory. A sapid beef stew tastes rich and delicious. The adjective sapid is a fairly uncommon way to describe something with a rich, deep flavor. You can declare your grandmother's Thanksgiving feast sapid, though you may have to reassure her that it's a compliment — sapid is more often used in scientific or industry writing about food than in cooking magazines. It comes from the Latin sapidus, "savory, or having a taste," from the root sapere, which means both "to taste" and "to be wise." WORD FAMILYsapid: sapidity, sapidness USAGE EXAMPLESLinnæus says, "A dry place renders plants sapid; a succulent place, insipid; and a watery place, corrosive." Dadd, George, The American Reformed Cattle Doctor(2011) His meat is more sapid, and his skin more deliciously crispy, than any whole hog I've ever eaten. Time(Jul 27, 2011) Not a very sapid bit of gnomic wisdom, certainly. Wilkinson, William Cleaver, French Classics(2011) adj full of flavor Syn flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, saporous tasty pleasing to the sense of taste |
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