foodie
/ˈfuːdi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfuːdi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfü-dē/ (ame, mw) · /ˈfuː.di/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfuː.di/ (ame, ipa)
foodie — 名詞
- foodiesingular
- foodiesplural
1. someone whose main hobby is eating, cooking, and learning about new dishes, rest
美食家；吃貨
熱衷研究美食、餐廳與烹飪的人
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.
Kian 是個認真的美食愛好者，連假期行程都圍著餐廳訂位安排。
subject + be + a (serious/total) foodie
The Hsu sisters became foodies after spending a summer working in a Taipei night market.
Hsu 家姐妹在台北夜市打工一個夏天後，就成了不折不扣的吃貨。
become a foodie after [trigger event]
Henry started a podcast where foodies share the best noodle shops in their neighbourhoods.
Henry 開了一個 podcast，讓各地美食愛好者分享自家附近最棒的麵店。
Several local foodies queued for two hours outside the new dumpling stall on Yongkang Street.
好幾位在地吃貨在永康街那家新開的水餃攤前排了兩個小時。
Eri does not call herself a foodie, but she can name every dim sum on the menu.
Eri 不自稱美食愛好者，但她能把菜單上每一道港式點心都叫得出名字。
- 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 — 形容詞
- foodiepositive
- more foodiecomparative
- most foodiesuperlative
1. describing places, events, or content that are aimed at people who care a lot ab
美食愛好的
為熱愛美食的人而設計或規劃的
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.
台南靠著小吃和牛肉湯店，已經成為美食愛好者必訪的城市。
foodie destination / foodie city
Quinn writes a foodie blog that focuses on small family-run noodle shops across Taiwan.
Quinn 經營一個美食愛好者部落格，專門介紹全台小型家庭式麵店。
foodie blog / foodie magazine / foodie podcast
The Sunday market in Chiayi attracts a foodie crowd from as far as Kaohsiung.
嘉義週日市集吸引一群美食愛好者，遠從高雄北上來覓食。
Imran and Paloma planned a foodie tour through Tainan, stopping at six famous stalls in one afternoon.
Imran 和 Paloma 安排了一趟美食愛好者行程，一個下午跑遍台南六家名店。
- 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.