esculent

a. 可食用的 n. 可食用物

发音

UK /ˈɛskjʊlənt/
其它
US /ˈɛskjələnt/

词形变化

esculents 复数 esculents more esculent 比较级 most esculent 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.

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  2. 2.

    An edible mushroom.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Suitable for eating; eatable, edible.

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  2. 2.

    “Good enough to eat”; attractive.

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相关短语

esculent swallow esculent swallows

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin ēsculentus (“fit for eating, eatable, edible; good to eat, delicious; nourishing; full of food”) + English -ent (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of causing, doing, or promoting a certain action). Ēsculentus is derived from ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table; bait”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ulentus (suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’ forming adjectives).

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