( <美> savor)
1
- with obj. taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full品味, 品尝(美味):
gourmets will want to savour our game specialities.
美食家会想来品尝我们的特色野味。
1.1
- figurative enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by dwelling on it〈喻〉享受; 欣赏:
I wanted to savour every moment.
我要尽情享受每分每秒。
2
- no obj.
savour of
have a suggestion or trace of (something, especially something bad)具有…的意味; 带有…的痕迹(尤指不好的事): their genuflections savoured of superstition and popery.
他们的跪拜礼带有迷信和罗马天主教味道。
mass noun
1- a characteristic taste, flavour, or smell, especially a pleasant one(特殊的)味道; 滋味; 气味:
the subtle savour of wood smoke.
淡淡的木头烟熏味。
1.1
- a suggestion or trace, especially of something bad(尤指坏的)意味; 痕迹。
派生词
savourless
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin sapor, from sapere 'to taste'.