When food is mouth-watering, it looks or smells so good that your mouth starts to make extra spit — you almost want to eat it before it even reaches the table.

When food is mouth-watering當食物mouth-watering的時候，it它 looks or smells so good看起來或聞起來好到 that your mouth starts to make extra spit讓你嘴裡開始分泌更多口水——you你 almost want to eat it before it even reaches the table幾乎在食物送到桌上前就想吃了。

We use it about meals, cakes, fruit, street food, a photo of food, or the smell coming out of a kitchen. It is a warm, everyday word, a little informal, and you hear it in ads as well as in ordinary talk.

We我們 use it about meals, cakes, fruit, street food用這個字來講正餐、蛋糕、水果、路邊小吃，a photo of food食物的照片，or the smell coming out of a kitchen或是從廚房飄出來的味道。It它 is a warm, everyday word是個溫暖的日常用字，a little informal帶點口語感，and you你 hear it in ads as well as in ordinary talk在廣告和平常的談話裡都會聽到。

People sometimes stretch it to things that are not food, like a mouth-watering price, meaning the offer looks extremely attractive; that use is looser, and many careful speakers still keep the word for food. Though actually, the feeling is the same: something in front of you is so inviting that your body reacts.

People大家 sometimes stretch it有時候會把這個字用得更寬 to things that are not food用在不是食物的東西上，like a mouth-watering price像mouth-watering price，meaning the offer looks extremely attractive意思是這個優惠看起來超吸引人；that use這種用法 is looser比較鬆，and many careful speakers而很多講究用字的人 still keep the word for food還是把這個字留給食物用。Though actually不過其實，the feeling這種感覺 is the same是一樣的：something in front of you眼前的東西 is so inviting that your body reacts吸引人到讓你的身體有反應。

Before a noun we usually keep the hyphen: mouth-watering soup.

Before a noun在名詞前面，we我們 usually keep the hyphen通常會保留連字號：mouth-watering soup令人垂涎的湯。