gourmand

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡʊə.mənd/|/ˈɡʊʁmɑ̃/    美 /ɡɔɹˈmɑnd/|/ˈɡʊɹ.mɑnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
    — I knew him, at Caivs trencher, when for hyre, / He proſtituted his abuſed body / To that great gourmond, fat Apicivs;
  2. A person who appreciates good food.
    — The third key was the number of demands from different patrons or groups for their own specialized cuisines. Such patrons included the court, rich households, and scholar-gourmands. Buddhists and Muslims also elaborated their own cuisines (sucai 素菜 and qingzhen 清真).

词形变化

gourmands plural gormand alternative

词汇关系

近义词
trencherman foodie
衍生词
gourmandise gourmandism gourmand syndrome
相关词
gourmet

词源

From Middle English gourmaunt, gormond, gromonde, from Old French gormant (“a glutton”, noun), from gormant (“gluttonous”, adjective), of uncertain origin.
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