核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a mango so ripe that the juice runs down your arm before you have finished the first bite. It is not just that it tastes good; it is thick, sweet and wet, and it makes you want more of it. Everything this word does elsewhere keeps that wanting in it.

可以想成一顆熟透的芒果:還沒咬完第一口,汁就已經流到手臂上。重點不只是好吃,而是那種濃、甜、滿是汁水的感覺,讓人還想更多收起可以想成一顆熟透的芒果:還沒咬完第一口,汁就已經流到手臂上。重點不只是好吃,而是那種濃、甜、滿是汁水的感覺,讓人還想再吃一口。luscious 不管用在哪裡,都還帶著那個「想要」的成分。

From the word’s history

From earlier lushious, lussyouse, generally taken as an alteration of lustious, from lusty in its older sense pleasant, delicious, plus -ous. An alternative account derives it from Middle English lucius, a shortening of delicious.

來自早期拼法 lushious、lussyouse,一般認為是 lustious 變來的,而 lustious 出自 lusty(舊義是「令人愉快的、好吃的」)加 -ous。另一種說法認為它來自中古英語 lucius,是 delicious 削短後的變形。

Wiktionary entry luscious (packet evidence wikt:luscious:adj, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1113804806)

Two branches

濃甜多汁的味道

這一支就是核心畫面本身,講的是嘴裡的感覺。

adjective · C1

Tasting extremely good in a rich, sweet, juicy way that fills your mouth, so that eating or drinking it slowly is a pleasure.

香甜多汁;濃郁美味

把那種眼光放到人身上

同樣的畫面沒有改變,只是被看的東西從食物換成了人。

adjective · C1

Used informally to say that a person, or a person's body, looks very physically attractive. It describes a body the way the first meaning describes food, so said to someone's face it often lands as too forward.

(形容人)性感誘人