flavor

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈfleɪvə/    /ˈfleɪvɚ/|/ˈflæɪvə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. US,countable,uncountable
    — The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.
  2. Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste. US,countable,uncountable
    — Flavor was added to the pudding.
  3. A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc). US,countable,uncountable
    — What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
  4. The characteristic quality of something. US,countable,uncountable
    — the flavor of an experience
  5. A kind or type. US,countable,figuratively,informal,uncountable
    — Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.
  6. Style. US,countable,slang,uncountable
    — Who brings the flavor? / That's me, that's me / Who brings the flavor? / That's me. I got it
  7. One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon). US,countable,particle,uncountable
  8. The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance. US,archaic,countable,uncountable
    — the flavor of a rose
动词 v.
  1. To add flavoring to something. US,transitive

词形变化

flavors plural flavour alternative,UK flavuh alternative,pronunciation-spelling flavors present,singular,third-person flavoring participle,present flavored participle,past flavored past flavour alternative,UK flavuh alternative,pronunciation-spelling

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *flāōder.
Latin flō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin flātor
Vulgar Latin *flātorder.
Old French flaorbor.
Middle English savourinflu.
Middle English flavour
English flavor
From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *flāōder.
Latin flō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin flātor
Vulgar Latin *flātorder.
Old French flaorbor.
Middle English savourinflu.
Middle English flavour
English flavor
From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat.
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