英语词汇“savor”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	savor
释义	sa·vor I. noun also sa·vour \ˈsāvə(r)\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English savor, saver, savour, from Old French savor, savour, from Latin sapor; akin to Latin sapere to taste, have good taste — more at sage 1. a. : a quality of something that affects the sense of taste or smell < if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted — Mt 5:13 (Authorized Version) > < rosemary and rue; these keep seeming and savor all the winter long — Shakespeare > b. : a particular flavor or smell < described the savor of the durian as a rich butterlike custard, highly flavored with almonds — V.G.Heiser > < a kettle from which issued the savor of cooking mutton fat — Willa Cather > c. : a distinctive quality < an odd blend of bitter naturalism and quiet humor that gives it a savor quite its own — Anthony Boucher > < contributed their share to the savor of local life — American Guide Series: Delaware > d. : a qualifying flavor : smack, tinge < refreshing our minds with a savor of the antique, primeval world — Laurence Binyon > 2. : a taste for something : relish < lost his savor for food — Rex Ingamells > 3. a. : power to affect the sense of taste or smell < in his illness, food and drink lost their savor for him > b. : power to arouse interest or zest < times change, and the sprightliest wit may lose its savor — V.L.Parrington > 4. archaic : reputation, repute 5. obsolete : character, sort < this admiration … is much o' the savor of other your new pranks — Shakespeare > Synonyms: see taste II. verb also savour \“\ (savored also savoured ; savored also savoured ; savoring also savouring \-v(ə)riŋ\ ; savors also savours) Etymology: Middle English savowren, from Old French savourer, savorer, from Late Latin saporare, from Latin sapor savor *intransitive verb* 1. archaic : to be agreeable < what is loathsome to the young savors well to thee and me — Alfred Tennyson > 2. : to have a specified smell or to smell of a specified substance < the very doors and windows savor vilely — Shakespeare > < the solemn vestments, savoring of naphthalene — Norman Douglas > 3. : to partake of a quality or state : indicate a presence or influence : smack — used with of < the argument savors of cynicism — V.L.Parrington > < an intense dislike of anything savoring of regimentation — Chilton Williamson > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to give a salt taste to < the salt that savors the sea — F.K.Lane > b. : to give flavor to : season < the salt of danger savoring nights and days — Atlantic > 2. a. : to have experience of : taste < once before, he had savored politics — Ellery Sedgwick > b. archaic : to be conscious of the odor of : smell < wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile, filths savor but themselves — Shakespeare > c. : to taste or smell with pleasure : relish < savoring the succulent watermelon — Jane Nickerson > < walk around … savoring the wild roses — Ann Panners > d. : to take conscious pleasure in : appreciate or enjoy with deliberate awareness < this is a book to savor on leisurely summer days — Pamela Taylor > < he decided to hold it back and thus savor a little longer the pleasure of the surprise — T.B.Costain > 3. archaic : to care for : like < thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men — Mt 16:23 (Authorized Version) >
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