英:[æm'brəʊʒɪəl]
美:[æmˈbroʒəl, -ʒiəl]
英:[æm'brəʊʒɪəl]
美:[æmˈbroʒəl, -ʒiəl]
Adjective
1. extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant;
"a nectarous drink"
"ambrosial food"
2. worthy of the gods
1590年代,“不朽的,神圣的,像神仙食品一样的质量”; 见 ambrosia + -al。 “芳香,美味”的意义来自1660年代。其他形容词包括 ambrosiac(约1600年); ambrosian(1630年代)。
Latin, from Greek, literally, immortality, from ambrotos immortal, from a- + -mbrotos (akin to brotos mortal) — more at murder
The first known use of ambrosia was in the 15th century
ambush1 of 2verb
to attack from an ambush
ambush2 of 2noun
a trap in which hidden persons wait to attack by surprise
ambuscadenoun
ambush entry 2
ambulatoryadjective
of or relating to walking
able to walk about
ambulancenoun
a vehicle that is equipped for transporting the injured or the sick
ambulancenoun
a vehicle that is equipped for transporting the injured or the sick
ambrosianoun
the food of the Greek and Roman gods
something extremely pleasing to taste or smell
a dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut
1 Afar off, in the east, the Seasons had opened the massive Gates of Cloud, and we had a glimpse of the old Olympian gods in conclave august, feasting upon ambrosial food.
2 “My dear fellow, my dear fellow,” he murmured almost in disparagement, stroking his ambrosial beard from before the empty fireplace.
3 Lunch proved just as consistently ambrosial and prettily presented.
4 What their unplanted fruits? what the cool draughts, The ambrosial food, rich gums, and spicy health, Their forests yield? their toiling insects what, Their silky pride, and vegetable robes?
5 Only a tad less ambrosial was the country-style pâté, a coarsely textured pork-veal-bacon pâté with warm raisin toast, which arrived in a circle of alternating dabs of balsamic reduction and Dijon mustard.
6 On sped the ambrosial hours of the spring evening.
7 The ambrosial aroma of the roast whetted our appetites.
烤肉的美味香气刺激了我们的食欲.
8 Oh! the first Cook, in that ambrosial, unwithering Halcyon, rapturous, and honeymooning prime!—
9 Her work that threads through the ambrosial orchestration of Love This Giant at times represents the clutch edges and jagged fragments.
10 The sake should be ambrosial, sure, but what they really want is something flagrantly expensive and difficult to find.
11 The ambrosial aroma of the roast whetted our appetites.
烤肉的美味香气刺激了我们的食欲。
12 An epicure might have complained of the smoky flavor, but to the boys, seated on the leaf-carpeted ground flecked with the sunlight that sifted through the trees, the food was simply ambrosial.
13 For dessert, the choice is yes or no to pudim – an ambrosial creamy flan in caramel sauce – made daily by Freire's mum.
14 There is here a base odour of coffee and Bremen cigars, but no fumigation yet floats on the air from the ambrosial drink of the gods.'
15 So high he went, with such celerity, It seemed as for some god-like merit he Carried from earth, like great Alcides, To Jupiter's ambrosial side is.
16 Even as she spake, a throng of heavenly forms Floated around me, filling all my soul With fair unearthly beauty, and the air With such ambrosial perfume as is born.
17 At Posto Publico, postopubblico.com, one of the latest and best additions to the city's dining scene, the ambrosial white pouches are served alongside fresh tomatoes as one of several tapas-style Italian dishes.
18 My own kids are now college-aged, and I am frankly still not over Pirate's Booty discontinuing their hauntingly ambrosial Fruity Booty flavor.
19 So like a heavenly soul's ambrosial breath, It would not wake but only deepen Sleep Into diviner Death!
20 Their mouths were closely pressed in one long kiss, as thirsty lips that cleave unto the brim of some ambrosial aphrodisiac cup.
1 上天诸神食用的
5 美味可口的
6 美味
slobbergulluious delicious tasty delicate yummy nutty delectable tasteful scrumptious appetizing dulcet ambrosian sunket sweetness relish delicacy dainty caviar manna cate daintiness caviare kitchen physic
7 神圣
deiform holy religious spiritual divine sacred antique blessed heavenly celestial solemn venerable godly consecrate hallowed godlike sacramental sacral saintly sanctimonious numinous sainted inviolate Ambrosian hagi- holiness sanctity sanctitude bless sacrament hallow sacralize
8 神圣的
deiform holy religious spiritual divine sacred antique blessed heavenly celestial solemn venerable godly consecrate hallowed godlike sacramental sacral saintly sanctimonious numinous sainted inviolate Ambrosian
10 美味的
slobbergulluious delicious tasty delicate yummy nutty delectable tasteful scrumptious appetizing dulcet ambrosian
13 美味可口