ambrosia

FREQ #27429

n. 仙果, 特别美味的食物 [医] 豕草属

发音

US /æmˈbɹoʊʒə/
其它

词形变化

ambrosiae ambrosias 复数 ambrosias ambrosiae 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

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  2. 2.

    The anointing-oil of the gods.

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  3. 3.

    Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.

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  4. 4.

    Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.

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  5. 5.

    An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.

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  6. 6.

    A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.

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  7. 7.

    Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.

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  8. 8.

    A dessert originating in the Southern United States made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.

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  9. 9.

    A plant of the genus Ambrosia.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

nectar beebread bitterweed ragweed

上位词 10

sweet treat dessert weed composition goody delicacy dainty afters kickshaw

下位词 2

common ragweed great ragweed

相关短语

ambrosia beetle 食菌小蠹 ambrosia beetles ambrosia fungus ambrosia fungi

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós Proto-Hellenic *ə́mrətos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μβροτος (ắmbrotos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ (ămbrosĭ́ā)der. Latin ambrosialbor. English ambrosia From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).

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