( <美> savory)
1
- (of food) belonging to the category which is salty or spicy rather than sweet(食物)咸味的, 辛辣的。
2
- usu. with negative morally wholesome or acceptable道德高尚的, 道德允许的:
everyone knew it was a front for less savoury operations.
人人都知道这是一个专干不良勾当的掩护所。
派生词
savourily
adverbsavouriness
noun词源
Middle English (in the sense 'pleasing to the sense of taste or smell'): from Old French savoure 'tasty, fragrant', based on Latin sapor 'taste'.