| 单词 | eager-sweet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseager-sweet eager-sweet adj. [originally after Middle French, French aigre-doux aigre-doux adj.] now rare †(a) acid and sweet (obsolete); (b) full of desire and sweetness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > sweet-sour eager-dulce1548 eager-sweet1600 sour-sweet1601 dulcacid1656 dulcoacid1657 dulcoamare1657 acidulcis1682 sweet and sourc1879 agrodolce1894 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > sour or sweet eager-dulce1548 eager-sweet1600 sour-sweet1601 dulcoacid1657 dulcoamare1657 sweet and sourc1879 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xlix. 536 As concerning Cyders..the eager sweete [Fr. les aigre-doux] are much better..then the harsh sweete. 1613 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Epist. lxiii, in tr. Seneca Wks. (1614) 267 Apples eager-sweet [L. suaviter aspera] are tastefull vnto vs. 1866 A. Webster Dramatic Stud. 53 No, though thy voice Were thrice and thrice as eager-sweet. 1948 D. F. Bailey Devil make Third xii. 118 He let his hands drift down her body until they touched her hips and felt the slow welcome heaviness drag into his loins as she moved closer with a half-frightened, eager-sweet quickening. < as lemmas |
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