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ambrosia

/am-broh-zhuh/US // æmˈbroʊ ʒə //UK // (æmˈbrəʊzɪə) //

芳草萋萋,芳草,芳心,芳草集

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Classical Mythology. the food of the gods.Compare nectar.
    • : something especially delicious to taste or smell.
    • : a fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple.

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Examples

  • Gemstones make a fine addition to any home, but if you’re looking to really win over your friends, we recommend snagging some nectar and ambrosia.

  • If Tilda Swinton ate anything for five years straight, it would probably be ambrosia.

  • Start with the beets and horseradish crème fraiche, then move on to the Ambrosia burger, ending strong with the banana cream pie.

  • Like ambrosia from the gods, I suddenly realized that Nicotine is the most amazing legal substance of the twentieth century.

  • The gods themselves were fed on nectar and ambrosia, that they might not die like ordinary mortals.

  • This was long before the days of Dunbar's pollantin, Holbrook Curtis' ambrosia, adrenalin, and the modern vaccines.

  • Thatcher has filled me amply with expensive urban food in this sylvan retreat—nectar and ambrosia.

  • To Achilles, lamenting the death of Patroclus, she came with nectar and ambrosia, that his limbs might not grow faint with hunger.

  • Even the gods required water and food; they were immortal because they had drunk ambrosia and eaten from the plant of life.