好吃、好聞到讓人享受
核心畫面最直接的落點:香味和味道把人拉過去。
adjective · C1
Tasting or smelling so good that eating it, or just smelling it, gives real pleasure. It is a strong word and not an everyday one.
美味的;香得誘人的
Picture something so good that your body leans toward it before you decide anything: the smell reaches you first, and you already want it in your mouth. That pull is the whole word. It sits most naturally on food and on smells, it can be turned around into a name for the good things themselves, and when it is aimed at a person it carries the same pull with it, which is exactly why that use raises .
From Medieval Latin delectare, to delight, coming into English through Old French; by its parts it is delect plus -able, so it means able to delight.
來自中世紀拉丁文 delectare(使人愉快),經古法文進入英文;拆開看是 delect 加 -able,字面就是「能讓人愉快的」。今天這份愉快多半落在嘴巴和鼻子上。
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好吃、好聞到讓人享受
核心畫面最直接的落點:香味和味道把人拉過去。
adjective · C1
Tasting or smelling so good that eating it, or just smelling it, gives real pleasure. It is a strong word and not an everyday one.
美味的;香得誘人的
把人放進「好吃」的位置
同樣那股「想吃下去」的拉力,只是對象換成了人,所以語氣立刻變得誇張。
adjective · C2
Used about a woman to say that she is very attractive. It is usually said in a joking or old-fashioned way, and it works by treating a person as something good to eat.
(帶戲謔地)迷人的