英语词源
- esculent (adj.)
- 1620s, from Latin esculentus "good to eat, eatable, fit to eat," from esca "food," from PIE *eds-qa- (cognates: Lithuanian eska "appetite"), from root *ed- "to eat" (see edible). As a noun from 1620s, "food, especially vegetables."
权威例句
- 1. The potato is an invaluable esculent.
- 马铃薯是极有价值的食物.
- 2. The pumpkin is the only esculent of the orange family that will thrive in the North.
- 南瓜是柑橘科中唯一能在北方种植的蔬菜.
- 3. The percentage of esculent part of fruit is low.
- 果实可食率低.
- 4. The amount of the food in pagoda is the esculent part of raw material.
- 膳食宝塔建议的各类食物摄入量都是指食物可食部分的生重.
- 5. Squirrels and Eurasian nutcrackers selected always the esculent seeds in Korean pine cones, about 73.
- 松鼠和星鸦会选择具有萌发活力的红松种子贮藏在地被物下,在红松球果内种子只有73.