delicious

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副詞:?deliciously;

1. 蛇果：原名叫"Red delicious apple"（可口的紅蘋果）香港人翻譯為紅地厘蛇果，簡約為地厘蛇果，其實就是對delicious的音譯。到了內地又進一步簡稱為“蛇果”了，原產于美國的加利福尼亞州，又名紅元帥，為紅香蕉（元帥）的濃條紅型芽變，是世界主要栽培品種之一。

delicious 美味的

de-, 向下，強調。-lic, 抓住，誘惑，詞源同lace, elicit. 引申義抓住胃的，美味的。

delicious: delicious: [13] The underlying meaning of delicious is ‘tempting, luring one aside from the straight and narrow’. It comes via Old French delicious from late Latin dēliciōsus, a derivative of Latin dēlicia ‘delight’. This in turn was formed from dēlicere ‘entice away’, a compound verb made from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and lacere ‘lure, deceive’ (source also of English elicit and related to lace, lasso, and possibly latch).

Latin dēlectāre, a derivative of dēlicere denoting repeated action, produced Old French delit, source of English delight [13], and Italian dilettante, literally ‘lover’, borrowed by English in the 18th century in the positive sense ‘someone who takes delight in fine art’.
=> delight, dilettante, elicit, lace, lasso
delicious (adj.): c. 1300 (implied in deliciously), from Old French delicios (Modern French délicieux), from Late Latin deliciosus "delicious, delicate," from Latin delicia (plural deliciae) "a delight, allurement, charm," from delicere "to allure, entice," from de- "away" (see de-) + lacere "lure, deceive" (related to laqueus "noose, snare;" see lace). As a name of a type of apple, attested from 1903, first grown by Jesse Hiatt of Iowa, U.S.A. Colloquial shortening delish is attested from 1920.

1. This delicious variation on an omelette is quick and easy to prepare.: 這種稍加變化的可口煎蛋卷做起來又快又容易。

2. Traditional Spanish food is delicious and its specialities are worth searching out.: 傳統的西班牙食品美味可口，其特色菜肴值得尋訪。

3. Chick peas have a distinctive, delicious and nutty flavour.: 鷹嘴豆有獨特可口的堅果風味。

4. Glasses of Madeira wine were brought to us. We declared it delicious.: 端來了幾杯馬德拉白葡萄酒，我們一致認為它的味道好極了。