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Hungry tourists can look forward to trying culinary delights in open areas of the city as the government unveiled a pilot scheme allowing 12 food trucks to operate in six prime locations for two years to boost tourism.

[8 Dec 2015, SCMP]

 

food trucks (AmE)  vs  lorry (BrE)

 

food carts

例子:shopping cart (AmE) / trolley (BrE)

 

culinary delights [/ˈkʌl.ɪ.nər.i/] [cut~ BrE; kill~ AmE]

例子:A culinary delight is any food or combinations of foods created to delight the palate.

 

palate 味覺

(noun 名詞)

例子:to have a discriminating palate   善於品味

 

culinary 烹飪的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子:She is keen to acquire more advanced culinary skills.

 

delight 愉快

(noun 名詞)

例子:to take delight in sth . /doing sth .   以某事/做某事為樂

  • it gives me great delight to ... 給我帶來很大快樂
  • to my delight   令我(很)高興的是
  • it’s a delight to the senses/eyes   這是一種感官/視覺的享受

 

使高興 (verb 動詞)

to delight sb . with sth .   以某事愉悅某人

感到高興 (verb 動詞)  

to delight in sth . /doing sth .   以某事/做某事為樂

 

feel delighted

 

A cooking competition will be held as part of the selection process. Food experts and tourism sector representatives will be the judges and it is to be hoped their taste buds are attuned to the need for food that is different.

 

taste buds 味蕾

 

are attuned to 使適應

(adjective 形容詞)

例子:She is usually attuned to people’s feelings.

 

  • to be/become attuned to sth.   適應/開始適應某事物
  • to attune oneself to sth.   使自己適應某事物
  • ears are attuned to a sound = hear it and recognise it

c.f. stay tuned / a radio is tuned to a station

 

For the foodies among us, that raises all manner of mouth-watering possibilities.

 

= delicious

例子:This is such a mouth-watering dish.

 

= very attractive

例子:The prizes are worth a mouth-watering 1 million dollars.

 

Kevin’s classroom

 

MOUTH

  • bad-mouth (verb 動詞) =惡意攻擊

  • big mouth (noun 名詞) = sbd has / is a big mouth 口疏 / 不能守秘密

  • hand-to-mouth (adjective 形容詞 /adverb 副詞)

例子:Poor people live hand-to-mouth. 勉強糊口的

  • loudmouth (noun 名詞) = people who talk a lot (unpleasant/offensive/stupid)

   
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