nectareous

形容词 adj.
/nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/    /nɛkˈtɛɹi.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to nectar; nectarous. not-comparable
    — [O]n the board diſplay'd / The ready meal before Ulyſſes lay'd. / (VVith flour imbrovvn'd) next mingled vvine yet nevv, / And luſcious as the Bee's nectareous devv: […]

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin nectareus (“of nectar; sweet”), from Ancient Greek νεκτάρεος (nektáreos, “sweet as nectar, fragrant”), from νέκταρ (néktar, “nectar”).
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