foodie
/ˈfuːdi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfuːdi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfü-dē/ (ame, mw) · /ˈfuː.di/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfuː.di/ (ame, ipa)
foodie — noun
- foodiesingular
- foodiesplural
1. someone whose main hobby is eating, cooking, and learning about new dishes, rest
someone whose main hobby is eating, cooking, and learning about new dishes, restaurants, and food trends, often more deeply than the average eater.
Kian is a serious foodie who plans entire holidays around restaurant bookings.
subject + be + a (serious/total) foodie
The Hsu sisters became foodies after spending a summer working in a Taipei night market.
become a foodie after [trigger event]
Henry started a podcast where foodies share the best noodle shops in their neighbourhoods.
Several local foodies queued for two hours outside the new dumpling stall on Yongkang Street.
Eri does not call herself a foodie, but she can name every dim sum on the menu.
- gourmet
more formal; suggests refined taste and expertise rather than casual enthusiasm
- gastronome
very formal, almost academic; rarely used outside writing about cuisine
- food lover
neutral and slightly broader; less tied to trends and social-media culture
- fussy eater
someone who refuses many foods — the opposite attitude to exploration
文法句型
a foodie
foodies who/that …
用法筆記
Informal register, used most often in lifestyle media, travel writing, and casual conversation. Subject is normally a person; a group can be called 'foodies' but rarely an institution.
常見錯誤
foodie — adjective
- foodiepositive
- more foodiecomparative
- most foodiesuperlative
1. describing places, events, or content that are aimed at people who care a lot ab
describing places, events, or content that are aimed at people who care a lot about eating and cooking interesting food.
Tainan has become a foodie destination thanks to its street snacks and beef soup shops.
foodie destination / foodie city
Quinn writes a foodie blog that focuses on small family-run noodle shops across Taiwan.
foodie blog / foodie magazine / foodie podcast
The Sunday market in Chiayi attracts a foodie crowd from as far as Kaohsiung.
Imran and Paloma planned a foodie tour through Tainan, stopping at six famous stalls in one afternoon.
- gastronomic
more formal; describes things specifically related to good eating and fine cooking
- gourmet
suggests high-end quality of the food itself, not just appeal to enthusiasts
文法句型
foodie + noun (foodie culture, foodie tour)
用法筆記
Used attributively before a noun — you cannot normally say 'the restaurant is foodie'. The noun it modifies (destination, tour, crowd, scene, blog) is typically about food culture, not the food itself.