diet

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
    — The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo.
  2. A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly. capitalized,usually
    — the National Diet of Japan
  3. A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. countable
    — He's been on a diet since he found out that he has coronary atherosclerosis.
  4. A session of exams. Scotland
    — Normally the diet begins towards the end of April.
  5. Any habitual intake or consumption. broadly
    — He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.
  6. A criminal proceeding in court.
  7. A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland. Scotland
    — a diet of worship
动词 v.
  1. To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health. intransitive
    — I've been dieting for six months, and I've lost some weight.
  2. To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet. dated,transitive
    — they will diet themselves, feed and live alone.
  3. To eat; to take one's meals. obsolete
    — Let him[…]diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he travelleth.
  4. To cause to take food; to feed. obsolete,transitive
    — But partly led to diet my revenge […].
形容词 adj.
  1. Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such. not-comparable
    — diet soda
  2. Having certain traits subtracted. figuratively,informal,not-comparable
    — You folks reduce it to the bible only as being authoritative, impoverishing the faith. "Christianity Lite", diet Christianity for those who can't handle the Whole Meal.

词形变化

diets plural diët alternative,dated,rare diate alternative,obsolete diët alternative,dated,rare diate alternative,obsolete diets present,singular,third-person dieting participle,present dieted participle,past dieted past diët alternative,dated,rare diate alternative,obsolete diets plural diët alternative,dated,rare diate alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).
词源 2
From Middle English dieten, dyeten, diȝeten, from Old French dïeter and Medieval Latin diētāre.
词源 3
From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (dĭ́aita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), influenced by Latin diēs (“day”).
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