(Greek & Roman Mythology)the food of the gods (希腊神话,罗马神话)仙果 ■something very pleasing to taste or smell 美味芳香的食品 the tea was ambrosia after the slop I'd been suffering. 在我受够了难吃的流质食物后,这茶真是香极了。 ■a fungal product used as food pinhole borers and ambrosia beetles (木材蛀虫和菌蠹虫吃的)真菌食料 ■another term for bee bread 同 bee bread
派生 ambrosial adjective 语源
mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, elixir of life', from ambrotos 'immortal'