ambrosia
ambrosia 英 [æmˈbrəʊziə] 美 [æmˈbroʊziə]
n. 特别美味的食物；神的食物
名词复数:ambrosias
- In Greek mythology, ambrosia was the food of the gods. At a picnic, ambrosia is a dessert made with oranges and shredded coconut. While the former bestowed immortality on all who ate it, the latter tastes very refreshing after fried chicken and potato salad.
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- n. 特别美味的食物；神的食物
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1. His twin, ambrosia, took a jug of something with a cork in the top.
它的同胞兄弟，安布洛西亚，拿起了一罐顶部带软木塞的东西。
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2. Behind them, at the center of the park, was a circular fountain atopwhich stood a bronze statue of Hebe, the cup bearer of the gods, who plied theOlympians with nectar and ambrosia.
在他们背后，公园的中心，是一个圆形喷泉，顶部竖立着一座青春女神赫珀的铜像，众神中的载杯者，为奥林匹斯众神提供花蜜和豚草。
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3. At ambrosia Bakery in Baton Rouge, La., owner Felix Sherman Sr. said the price of nuts is one reason he had to raise the price of a 9-inch pecan pie about 15 percent this year, to $12.95.
菲利克斯.谢尔曼是于路易斯安那Baton Rouge的Ambrosia面包房的老板，他说由于山核桃涨价，今年他把9英寸的山核桃派提价了百分之十五，涨到了12.95美金。
- ambrosia (n.) 1560s, "favored food or drink of the gods," from Latin ambrosia, from Greek ambrosia "food of the gods," noun use of fem. of ambrosios, probably literally "of the immortals," from ambrotos "immortal, imperishable," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + mbrotos, related to mortos "mortal," from PIE root *mer- "to rub away, harm" (also "to die" and forming words referring to death and to beings subject to death). Applied to certain herbs by Pliny and Dioscorides; used of various foods for mortals since 1680s (originally of fruit drinks); used figuratively for "anything delightful" by 1731.
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