unpalatable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything distasteful.
    — In the severer cases of hookworm the patient sometimes has an appetite for soil, paper, hair, clay, chalk, starch, and other unpalatables.
形容词 adj.
  1. Unpleasant to the taste.
    — In one corner of the room there was a huge hearth, over which hung a stock-pot, with a not altogether unpalatable odour of hot soup emanating therefrom.
  2. Unpleasant or disagreeable. broadly,figuratively
    — But enough of this. Homely truth is unpalatable.

词形变化

more unpalatable comparative most unpalatable superlative unpalatables plural

词汇关系

近义词
distasteful ill-flavored rough mawkish undrinkable uneatable unpalatable unsavory unstomachable yucky
反义词
delicious insipid
上位词
gustable unpleasant
下位词
bitter unsweetened unsweet sour
相关词
inedible

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder.
Latin palātumder.
Old French palatbor.
Middle English palate
English palate
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English palatable
English unpalatable
From un- + palatable.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder.
Latin palātumder.
Old French palatbor.
Middle English palate
English palate
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English palatable
English unpalatable
From un- + palatable.
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