ambrosia

ambrosia
noun
[mass noun]
  1. (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
  1. mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, elixir of life', from ambrotos 'immortal'
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