| 释义 |
foodie colloq.|ˈfuːdɪ|
Also foody.
[f. food n. + -ie.]
One who is particular about food, a gourmet. Also attrib.
1982V. Woods et al. in Harpers & Queen Aug. 66/4 Foodies are foodist. They dislike and despise all non-foodies. Ibid. 67/2 The [colour] supplements encouraged the foodie movement. 1982Observer 10 Oct. 28/6 We foodies know her better as the author of the Penguin volume, ‘An Invitation to Indian Cooking’. 1984Barr & Levy (title) The official foodie handbook. 1984Listener 27 Sept. 19/2 He told me about the foodie who sat next to him at a meal in a Chinese restaurant and went into transports of enthusiastic analysis about the way in which the chicken had been cooked. 1985Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 12 ‘A la carte’, IPC's newest and most lavish magazine..is aimed at the nation's foodies. 1986Good Housekeeping Sept. 11/1 Although I am by no means a fully paid-up foodie, I do pride myself on being something of a connoisseur of menus. |