| 单词 | comfort food |
| 释义 | > as lemmascomfort food comfort food n. food that comforts or affords solace; hence, any food (frequently with a high sugar or carbohydrate content) that is associated with childhood or with home cooking. Originally North American. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > comfort food comfort food1962 1962 Independent (Pasadena, Calif.) 25 Jan. 31/2 People like soup. It’s what a psychologist would call a comfort food. 1977 Washington Post 25 Dec. (Mag. section) 30/4 Along with grits, one of the comfort foods of the South is black-eyed peas. 1984 Bon Appétit Feb. 56/1 Split Pea Soup with Smoked Ham, although it has become an international ‘comfort food’, is traced to French-Canadian cooks in Quebec. 1989 N.Y. Woman Oct. 136/2 After being dumped by her boyfriend, the heroine..goes to d'Agostino's to buy comfort food. 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Jan. 15/6 Even at fairly formal dinner parties, ‘comfort foods’ have starred—corn soup, meat loaf, cold black bean soup. 1992 Independent 15 Sept. 3/2 Single people..also tend to eat more ‘comfort foods’ such as cakes, biscuits and jam, though they balance this by spending a greater amount on fresh fruit. < as lemmas |
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