delicious: [13] The underlying meaning of delicious is ‘tempting, luring one aside from the straight and narrow’. It comes via Old French delicious from late Latin dēliciōsus, a derivative of Latin dēlicia ‘delight’. This in turn was formed from dēlicere ‘entice away’, a compound verb made from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and lacere ‘lure, deceive’ (source also of English elicit and related to lace, lasso, and possibly latch).
Latin dēlectāre, a derivative of dēlicere denoting repeated action, produced Old French delit, source of English delight [13], and Italian dilettante, literally ‘lover’, borrowed by English in the 18th century in the positive sense ‘someone who takes delight in fine art’. => delight, dilettante, elicit, lace, lasso
delicious (adj.)
c. 1300 (implied in deliciously), from Old French delicios (Modern French délicieux), from Late Latin deliciosus "delicious, delicate," from Latin delicia (plural deliciae) "a delight, allurement, charm," from delicere "to allure, entice," from de- "away" (see de-) + lacere "lure, deceive" (related to laqueus "noose, snare;" see lace). As a name of a type of apple, attested from 1903, first grown by Jesse Hiatt of Iowa, U.S.A. Colloquial shortening delish is attested from 1920.
双语例句
1. This delicious variation on an omelette is quick and easy to prepare.
这种稍加变化的可口煎蛋卷做起来又快又容易。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Traditional Spanish food is delicious and its specialities are worth searching out.
传统的西班牙食品美味可口，其特色菜肴值得寻访。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Chick peas have a distinctive, delicious and nutty flavour.
鹰嘴豆有独特可口的坚果风味。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Glasses of Madeira wine were brought to us. We declared it delicious.
端来了几杯马德拉白葡萄酒，我们一致认为它的味道好极了。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The smells of delicious foods floated all around him.