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单词 luscious
释义 lus·cious
\ˈləshəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English lucius, licius, perhaps by shortening & alteration from delicious
1.
 a. : having a delicious taste or smell : juicy and sweet : toothsome, aromatic
  < pears, peaches, and grapes as large as photogenic, and as lusciousBetter Homes & Gardens >
  < luscious steaks smothered in onions — Howard Taubman >
  < pastries and cakes, each more luscious than the other — Anna A. Coombs >
  < go on producing luscious green fodder even when all other forms of pasture have long since burned up — Henry Wynmalen >
 b. archaic : excessively sweet : cloying
  < the last cup … is by no means improved by the luscious lump of half-dissolved sugar usually found at the bottom of it — Sir Walter Scott >
2. : having sensual appeal : arousing sexual desire : voluptuous, seductive
 < goddesses, whose round luscious legs and bare feet dangle fetchingly from the clouds — Mary McCarthy >
 < a picture of a luscious girl getting her dress ripped off by a gunman — F.L.Allen >
3. : richly luxurious or highly appealing to the senses
 < a luscious quilted silk eiderdown on the bed — Christopher Isherwood >
 < luscious beauty of tone — Winthrop Sargeant >
 < the luscious poetry of the garden scene — Arthur Knight >
specifically : excessively ornate : florid
 < rich and luscious phrases, thick with imagery — Ruth Park >
 < arrangement … too luscious to be thoroughly in key with the master's style — Harold Rogers >
Synonyms: see delightful
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