epicure
epicure 英 [ˈepɪkjʊə(r)] 美 [ˈepɪkjʊr]
n. 老饕；美食家；享乐主义者
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- We call a person who truly loves food—food at the highest levels—an epicure. Occasionally, you might find the word epicure used for a person who loves something else, but an epicure is usually someone who delights in fine food.
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- n. 老饕；美食家；享乐主义者
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1. Ogre that he was, he spoke like an epicure.
他虽是个吃人恶魔， 说话倒像个美食家。
- epicure (n.) late 14c., "follower of Epicurus," a Latinized form of Greek Epicouros (341-270 B.C.E.), Athenian philosopher who taught that pleasure is the highest good and identified virtue as the greatest pleasure; the first lesson recalled, the second forgotten, and the name used pejoratively for "one who gives himself up to sensual pleasure" (1560s), especially "glutton, sybarite" (1774). Epicurus's school was opposed by the stoics, who first gave his name a reproachful sense. Non-pejorative meaning "one who cultivates refined taste in food and drink" is from 1580s.
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