delicious

/dɪˈlɪʃəs/ (bre, ipa) · /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ (ame, ipa) · /di-ˈli-shəs/ (ame, mw)

delicious — 形容詞

  • deliciouspositive
  • more deliciouscomparative
  • most delicioussuperlative

1. If food or drink is delicious, it has a wonderful taste that makes you feel plea

1.形容詞A1
釋義

美味的

形容食物、飲料味道極好，或氣味很香

If food or drink is delicious, it has a wonderful taste that makes you feel pleased and satisfied. The word can also describe a smell that is very pleasant.

例句

The chocolate cake at Heather's party was absolutely delicious — everyone asked for a second slice.

Heather 生日派對上的巧克力蛋糕好吃極了——每個人都要求再來一片。

strong intensifier: absolutely delicious

Marco's grandmother makes a delicious chicken soup with ginger and herbs.

Marco 的奶奶用生薑和香草煮了一鍋美味的雞湯。

common pattern: delicious + [food noun]

同義詞
  • tasty

    less strong in tone; more informal and casual than delicious

  • flavourful

    emphasises a rich, complex combination of tastes rather than overall pleasure

  • mouth-watering

    stronger and more vivid; often used in advertising or descriptions of food seen/photographed

反義詞
  • bland

    lacking strong flavour; the opposite of a pronounced taste

  • disgusting

    much stronger negative, describing something that makes you feel sick

文法句型

be + delicious

delicious + noun (e.g. food, cake, smell)

intensifier + delicious

用法筆記

Delicious is a gradable adjective, so it can be modified by intensifiers: very delicious, really delicious, absolutely delicious. Avoid using it with extremely — the word already carries strong positive force. Non-gradable alternatives like mouth-watering or scrumptious exist but are less common in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌I very like delicious food.
✅I really like this food
💡it is delicious.' — Very cannot modify like directly in English; delicious is an adjective, not a verb complement.

2. People describe an experience, situation, or piece of information as delicious w

2.形容詞B2
釋義

令人愉悅的

形容令人開心滿足的經驗、消息或情境

People describe an experience, situation, or piece of information as delicious when it gives them great enjoyment or satisfaction, often in a surprising, amusing, or slightly secret way.

例句

Reading novels on the beach for a whole week sounded delicious to Christopher.

Christopher 覺得在沙灘上讀一整個星期的小說，這個主意棒極了。

Amira shared some delicious gossip about their old classmates at the reunion dinner.

Amira 在同學聚餐上分享了一些關於老同學的精彩八卦。

collocation: delicious gossip

同義詞
  • delightful

    more standard and common for experiences; less informal than delicious

  • pleasurable

    more formal and neutral; lacking the slightly mischievous tone of delicious

  • entertaining

    focuses on amusement rather than deep satisfaction

反義詞

文法句型

be + delicious (for figurative situations)

delicious + [abstract noun] (e.g. irony, gossip, sense of relief)

用法筆記

This is a figurative extension of the taste meaning. It is most common in informal, conversational English or in creative writing. Typical collocates include gossip, irony, sense of relief, prospect, pleasure. It does NOT describe people (do not say 'a delicious person').

常見錯誤

❌She is a delicious person to talk to.
✅She is a delightful person to talk to.
💡Delicious cannot be used to describe people directly; use delightful or wonderful instead.

delicious — 名詞