生活中12個(gè)和味蕾有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ) 你都知道嗎？

　　1. EAGER

　　1、熱切

　　The word eager goes back to the French word aigre, meaning sour. In English, it first took on the sense of sharp, biting, or severe. Then it took on the sense of intense or impatient, which developed into the "ready to go!" sense.

　　eager這個(gè)詞來(lái)自法語(yǔ)單詞aigre, 意為“酸的”。英語(yǔ)中，最初的意思是味道刺激、辛辣的或者味道濃重。然后有了強(qiáng)烈和不耐煩的意思，逐步發(fā)展為“準(zhǔn)備出發(fā)”這層意思。

　　2. VINEGAR

　　2、醋

　　Vinegar also goes back to aigre—vin aigre, or sour wine. That's what vinegar is, after all.

　　“醋”也來(lái)自aigre，即vin aigre，酸的酒，也就是醋，別無(wú)其它了。

　　3. OXYGEN

　　3、氧氣

　　In the 18th century, when scientists discovered oxygen, they thought of it as the element whose main characteristic was its role in producing acids. The word oxygen was formed from Greek roots to mean "acid generating."

　　18世紀(jì)時(shí)，科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了氧氣，認(rèn)為其主要特點(diǎn)在于氧是能產(chǎn)生酸的元素。oxygen這個(gè)詞來(lái)源于希臘詞根，意為“產(chǎn)生酸”。

　　4. ACERBIC

　　4、苦澀

　　Latin acerbus meant harsh, bitter, or exceptionally sour-tasting. It’s the root of acerbic, which means in a bitter or cutting manner.

　　拉丁詞匯acerbus意為“苦、澀”，尤指“嘗起來(lái)酸”，是acerbic一詞的詞根，意指行為方式尖酸刻薄、令人不快。

　　5. EXACERBATE

　　5、加劇

　　Exacerbate also goes back to acerbus, meaning to "make intensely bitter" or, more generally, to worsen.

　　Exacerbate一詞同樣可以追溯到acerbus，意為“加重苦味”，或者廣義說(shuō)是“使之惡化”。

　　6. MYRRH

　　6、沒(méi)藥(注：芳香液狀樹(shù)脂，用于制香水等)

　　Myrrh is a bitter-tasting tree resin used in perfume and incense. The word comes from a Semitic root meaning bitter.

　　沒(méi)藥味苦，是用于香水和熏香的樹(shù)脂，來(lái)自閃米特語(yǔ)詞根，意為“苦”。

　　7. LICORICE

　　7、甘草

　　Licorice goes back to ancient Greek glykus, meaning sweet.

　　甘草這詞可以追溯到古希臘語(yǔ)glykus，意為“甜”。

　　8. DULCIMER

　　8、洋琴

　　The name of this mellow stringed instrument was formed on Latin dulce + melos, or sweet melody.

　　這一音色甜美的弦樂(lè)器的名字是由拉丁語(yǔ)dulce和melos組合而成的，即“甜美的旋律”。

　　9. ASSUAGE

　　9、緩和

　　When you assuage, you soften or mitigate. It goes back to Latin ad + suavis, or "to sweet."

　　你緩和態(tài)度的時(shí)候，你會(huì)變?nèi)岷汀⑵较⒆约?。這個(gè)詞要追溯到拉丁語(yǔ)ad和suavis，即“甜”。

　　10. SALARY

　　10. 薪水

　　A salary, was originally, in ancient Rome, a salarium—money given to soldiers for the purchase of salt.

　　薪水，最初起源于古羅馬，salarium指的是發(fā)給戰(zhàn)士們買鹽的錢(qián)。

　　11. SAUSAGE

　　11、香腸

　　Sausage, a tube of cured meat, goes back to salsus, meaning salted.

　　Sausage即一管腌制的肉，這詞可以追根溯源到salsus一詞，意為鹽腌的。

　　12. SALAD

　　12、色拉

　　Salad, which can now refer to an unseasoned pile of vegetables, also comes from the idea of "salted."

　　色拉，現(xiàn)在指未加調(diào)味料的一堆蔬菜，也是來(lái)自“加了鹽的”這層意思。