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单词 ambrosia
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
am•bro•sia /æmˈbroʊʒə/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Mythologythe food of the ancient Greek and Roman gods.
  2. something delightful to the taste or smell.
am•bro•sial, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
am•bro•sia  (am brō′zhə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythology[Class. Myth.]the food of the gods. Cf. nectar (def. 3).
  2. something especially delicious to taste or smell.
  3. Fooda fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple.
  • Latin
  • Old French ambroise
  • Greek: immortality, food of the gods, noun, nominal use of feminine of ambrósios, equivalent. to a- a-6 + -mbros- (combining form of brotōs mortal; akin to Latin mortuus dead, murder) + -ios adjective, adjectival suffix; replacing Middle English ambrose, ambrosie
  • Latin
  • 1545–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ambrosia /æmˈbrəʊzɪə/ n
  1. the food of the gods, said to bestow immortality
    Compare nectar
  2. anything particularly delightful to taste or smell
  3. another name for beebread
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek: immortality, from ambrotos, from a-1 + brotos mortal

amˈbrosial, amˈbrosian adj
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