wholesome

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a. 有益健康的, 合乎卫生的, 健全的, 有益的, 有生气的, 审慎的

发音

US /ˈhoʊl.səm/
其它
UK /ˈhəʊl.səm/

词形变化

more wholesome 比较级 wholesomer wholesomest wholesomer 比较级 most wholesome 最高级 wholesomest 最高级

别名

holesom holesome wholsom wholsome

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Promoting good physical health and well-being.

  2. 2.

    Promoting moral and mental well-being.

  3. 3.

    Favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous.

  4. 4.

    Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy.

  5. 5.

    Decent; innocuous; sweet.

词汇关系

词源

From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *hālsum, *hǣlsum, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole + -some or hale (“healthy”) + -some. Cognate with Saterland Frisian heelsoam, Dutch heilzaam, German Low German heelsaam, German heilsam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”).

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