gourmet英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

— The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.

形容词 adj.

Fine; of superior quality. not-comparable

— We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.

词形变化

gourmets plural

词源

词源 1

Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.

词源 2

Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.