| 单词 | epicure |
| 释义 | ep·i·cure 1. usually capitalized, obsolete < were I an epicure I could bate swearing — George Herbert > 2. archaic < an epicure is for his wine or women or feasts continually — Thomas Traherne > 3. < an epicure in many of the delights of the senses — H.S.Canby > Synonyms: < the epicure is conscious of much more than the taste of the food. Rather, there enter into the taste, as directly experienced, qualities that depend upon reference to its source and its manner of production in connection with criteria of excellence — John Dewey > gourmet may be close to epicure; it may stress delicate taste and steady attempt to savor to the fullest. gourmand implies a hearty appetite for good food and drink, not without discernment but with less than a gourmet's < eating habits … of a determined gourmet, verging at times on those of a gourmand — E.J.Kahn > < quality, not quantity, is the source of the attraction; it appeals to the gourmet rather than the gourmand — C.W.H.Johnson > glutton indicates a voracious eater having a very heavy and quite indiscriminate appetite < skillfully made delicacies from many countries in Europe and Asia … in such vast array this season that they threaten to turn the gourmet into a glutton — Jane Nickerson > bon vivant suggests one who takes habitual lively pleasure in dining and drinking with others < somewhat of a bon vivant, and his wine was excellent — Sir Walter Scott > gastronome and gastronomer are synonyms for epicure; they may suggest undue ritual about the appreciation of fine food < the thing for United States gourmets to do, of course, would be to wash the illustrious birds down with a full cup of English mead; piment, said gastronomes, would go best with grouse — Time > |
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