英语词汇“wholesome”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	wholesome
释义	whole·some \ˈhōlsəm also -lts-\ adjective (often -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English holsom, hoolsom, from hol, hool healthy, entire, whole + -som -some 1. : promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit : tending to moral soundness or vigor : corrective or sanative in effect : beneficial, salutary < passes through the wholesome ordeal of the royal presence, and issues from it free from all taint — W.M.Thackeray > < brought these difficult situations into the wholesome light of world public opinion — Huntington Gilchrist > 2. a. : promoting health of body : health-giving : salubrious < perhaps because our sedative airs are more wholesome for those who suffer from high blood pressure — Rebecca West > b. : tending to restore health : curative, remedial < prescribe a wholesome regimen for the convalescents > 3. a. : sound in body, mind, or morals : not sickly, morbid, or diseased : healthy < the wholesome gush of natural feeling — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < she may be described as plain in appearance, but with a wholesome air — C.G.Bowers > b. : having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity < wholesome as the smell of homemade bread just out of the oven — Pamela Taylor > < wholesome family life > 4. a. obsolete : seaworthy b. archaic : safely navigable — used of the sea 5. a. : having the value of a needed warning : based on well-grounded fear : cautionary, prudent < lived in a wholesome dread of her tempers — T.B.Costain > < had too wholesome an awareness of the logical difficulties — Benjamin Farrington > b. : safe < it wouldn't be wholesome for you to go down there — Mark Twain > Synonyms: see healthful, healthy
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