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单词 wholesome
释义 whole·some
\ˈhōlsəm also -lts-\ adjective
(often -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English holsom, hoolsom, from hol, hool healthy, entire, whole + -som -some
1. : promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit : tending to moral soundness or vigor : corrective or sanative in effect : beneficial, salutary
 < passes through the wholesome ordeal of the royal presence, and issues from it free from all taint — W.M.Thackeray >
 < brought these difficult situations into the wholesome light of world public opinion — Huntington Gilchrist >
2.
 a. : promoting health of body : health-giving : salubrious
  < perhaps because our sedative airs are more wholesome for those who suffer from high blood pressure — Rebecca West >
 b. : tending to restore health : curative, remedial
  < prescribe a wholesome regimen for the convalescents >
3.
 a. : sound in body, mind, or morals : not sickly, morbid, or diseased : healthy
  < the wholesome gush of natural feeling — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
  < she may be described as plain in appearance, but with a wholesome air — C.G.Bowers >
 b. : having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity
  < wholesome as the smell of homemade bread just out of the oven — Pamela Taylor >
  < wholesome family life >
4.
 a. obsolete : seaworthy
 b. archaic : safely navigable — used of the sea
5.
 a. : having the value of a needed warning : based on well-grounded fear : cautionary, prudent
  < lived in a wholesome dread of her tempers — T.B.Costain >
  < had too wholesome an awareness of the logical difficulties — Benjamin Farrington >
 b. : safe
  < it wouldn't be wholesome for you to go down there — Mark Twain >
Synonyms: see healthful, healthy
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