| 词汇 | epicure |
| 释义 | epicure noun[ C ] formaluk /ˈep.ɪ.kjʊər/ us /ˈep.ə.kjʊr/(alsoepicurean) a person who enjoys high quality food and drink讲究饮食的人;美食家 Synonyms bon vivant foodie gastronomeformal gourmet People who enjoy pleasure beach bum bon vivant clubber fun funster gadabout good-time girl gourmand gourmet hedonist life party animal playboy pleasure-seeking raver reveller sweet tooth sybarite the life and soul of the partyidiom A dainty succulent soft shell crab, nicely cooked and well browned, tempts the eye of the epicure and makes his mouth water. He finished, smacking his lips like an old epicure. They were like epicures with old wine in their glasses, not yet tired of its fragrance and the spell of anticipation. This fish is an excellent and nutritious article of food, and would be highly prized by the epicure. We had some of the turtle prepared for dinner, though my wife felt great repugnance in touching the green fat, notwithstanding my assurance of its being the chief delicacy to an epicure. Examples of epicureepicure He was a considerable epicure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Besides advice on gardening, raising livestock, veterinary medicine, and hunting, the manual contains a large number of practical recipes fit to satisfy a sophisticated country epicure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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