| 单词 | wholesome |
| 释义 | wholesome (once / 437 pages) adj Anything wholesome is good for you. Hopscotch is in most cases a wholesome game, since you can't get into much trouble while hopping up and down on the concrete. Wholesome foods are the ones that your body appreciates, the ones that help you stay healthy. Marshmallows and corn chips aren't what you'd call wholesome, but organically grown fruits and vegetables are. Wholesome can also apply to other things. If you project a wholesome image, other people see you as a decent, moral person, somebody who's trustworthy and not living a secret life of crime. The word wholesome comes from the Old English hal, meaning "healthy." WORD FAMILYwholesome: unwholesome, wholesomely, wholesomeness, wholesomer, wholesomest+/unwholesome: unwholesomely, unwholesomeness/whole: wholely, wholeness, wholes, wholesome, wholly, wholy USAGE EXAMPLESThe arrangements were meant to appeal to a wholesome, middlebrow Soviet ear, but also to suggest an ancient Russian musical essence. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) This year’s most overhyped trend is a wholesome Danish concept of cosiness, used to sell everything from fluffy socks to vegan shepherd’s pie. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) The women are uniformly wholesome and assume the same pose — one knee is bent and pointed, alertly, upward. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being wholesome attitude wholesome appearance wholesome food Syn|Ant healthful conducive to good health of body or mind healthyhaving or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease soundfinancially secure and safe alimental, alimentary, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritiveof or providing nourishment heart-healthyof foods that are low in fats and sodium and other ingredients that may foster heart disease good for you, healthy, salubriouspromoting health; healthful hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantialproviding abundant nourishment organicof or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones salubriousfavorable to health of mind or body unwholesome detrimental to physical or moral well-being harmfulcausing or capable of causing harm unhealthfuldetrimental to good health unhealthynot in or exhibiting good health in body or mind noxiousinjurious to physical or mental health unsoundnot sound financially insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthydetrimental to health insubstantial, jejunelacking in nutritive value morbidsuggesting an unhealthy mental state loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vilecausing or able to cause nausea richcontaining plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar 2adj sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind exercise develops wholesome appetites a grin on his ugly wholesome face Syn healthy having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease |
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