edible
英 ['ed?b(?)l]
美['?d?bl]
- adj. 可食用的
- n. 食品；食物
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中文词源
edible 可食的
来自词根ed, 吃，词源同eat.
英文词源
- edible (adj.)
- 1590s, from Late Latin edibilis "eatable," from Latin edere "to eat," from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (cognates: Sanskrit admi "I eat;" Greek edo "I eat;" Lithuanian edu "I eat;" Hittite edmi "I eat," adanna "food;" Old Irish ithim "I eat;" Gothic itan, Old Swedish and Old English etan, Old High German essan "to eat;" Avestan ad- "to eat;" Armenian utem "I eat;" Old Church Slavonic jasti "to eat," Russian jest "to eat").
双语例句
- 1. The food at the hotel was barely edible.
- 这家旅馆的食物简直不能入口。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.
- 我们靠着野菜才没被饿死.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. This kind of mushroom is edible, but that kind is not.
- 这种蘑菇吃得, 那种吃不得.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. Take some edible food when you go there.
- 你去那儿时带些吃的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Peel off the blackened skin, flatten the pepper out and trim it into edible pieces.
- 把发黑的皮削掉，把甜椒压扁，切成可以入口的小块。
来自柯林斯例句