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单词 savour
释义
savour1 verbsavour2 noun
savoursa‧vour1 British English, savor American English /ˈseɪvə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
savour (BrE)
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theysavour (BrE)
he, she, itsavours (BrE)
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theysavoured (BrE)
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave savoured (BrE)
he, she, ithas savoured (BrE)
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad savoured (BrE)
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill savour
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have savoured (BrE)
Continuous Form
PresentIam savouring (BrE)
he, she, itis savouring (BrE)
you, we, theyare savouring (BrE)
PastI, he, she, itwas savouring (BrE)
you, we, theywere savouring (BrE)
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been savouring (BrE)
he, she, ithas been savouring (BrE)
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been savouring (BrE)
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be savouring (BrE)
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been savouring (BrE)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • After all, this was an important moment, a time to savour.
  • And on Saturday, in the rain at Newmarket, Jeremy Glover savoured it to the full.
  • It is hard to savour the feelings opposition defenders experience when confronted by Hateley's presence.
  • It was a day to remember, to savour.
  • It was a moment to be savoured, when danger was past and I was wholly at peace.
  • Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division.
  • This was truly paradise; it had to be savoured as we knew it short lived.
  • Victory tomorrow would be a sweet first to savour, crushing any doubts among City's sometimes cynical following.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=enjoy the moment)· He seemed to savour every moment of their conversation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· As he moved towards the two men, Harry savoured the moments of secret observation that preceded their awareness of his presence.· Mortimer paused to savour the moment - this was what soldiery was all about, he thought.· Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment.· Thwarted, I walk on and barely have time to savour the moment before bumping into Joe.· Slowly, savouring the moment, Harry opened the letter he knew was from Madeleine.· For a moment he hesitated, savouring the moment, then centred the metal spike and pushed.· There's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment.· It would seem positively perverse to savour moments like that and feel them as they are.
VERB
· I wanted to savour the differences this area had to offer.· There's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment.· She wanted to savour, to prolong, her anticipation.· She wanted to savour it for a moment.
1to fully enjoy the taste or smell of something:  She sipped her wine, savouring every drop.2to fully enjoy a time or experience:  She savoured her few hours of freedom. He hesitated, savouring the moment.savour of something phrasal verb formal to seem to involve something bad or to have some of a bad quality:  We must avoid anything that savours of corruption.
savour1 verbsavour2 noun
savoursavour2 British English, savor American English noun [singular, uncountable] formal Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • About everything he writes hangs a faint savour of calculation.
  • His towering, blank-eyed presence at the head of the table drew the savour from the good food she cooked.
  • The truffles of Provence never taste so exquisite in London as here; they lose their savour, and gain in price.
word sets
WORD SETS
air freshener, nounbittersweet, adjectivebody odour, nounbody spray, nounbouquet, nounfetid, adjectivefoul, adjectivefragrance, nounfragrant, adjectivefrankincense, nounfunk, nounheavy, adjectiveincense, nounminty, adjectivemusk, nounmusty, adjectiveodoriferous, adjectiveodorous, adjectiveodour, nounodourless, adjectiveolfactory, adjectiveperfume, nounperfume, verbredolent, adjectivereek, verbrich, adjectivesavour, nounscent, nounsweet, adjectivewhiff, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Life seemed to have lost its savour for him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=enjoy the moment)· He seemed to savour every moment of their conversation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· The truffles of Provence never taste so exquisite in London as here; they lose their savour, and gain in price.
1a pleasant taste or smell:  the sweet savour of wood smoke2interest and enjoyment:  Life seemed to have lost its savour for him.
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