单词 | flavor |
释义 | flavor —flavorless, adj. /flay"veuhr/, n. 1. taste, esp. the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth. 2. a substance or extract that provides a particular taste; flavoring. 3. the characteristic quality of a thing: He captured the flavor of the experience in his book. 4. a particular quality noticeable in a thing: language with a strong nautical flavor. 5. Physics. any of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top. 6. Archaic. smell, odor, or aroma. v.t. 7. to give flavor to (something). Also, esp. Brit., flavour. [1300-50; ME < MF fla(o)ur < LL *flator stench, breath, alter. of L flatus a blowing, breathing, (see FLATUS), perh. with -or of fetor FETOR] Syn. 1. See taste. 2. seasoning. 3. essence, spirit. |
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