1590s, from Late Latin edibilis "eatable," from Latin edere "to eat," from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (cognates: Sanskrit admi "I eat;" Greek edo "I eat;" Lithuanian edu "I eat;" Hittite edmi "I eat," adanna "food;" Old Irish ithim "I eat;" Gothic itan, Old Swedish and Old English etan, Old High German essan "to eat;"
Avestan ad- "to eat;" Armenian utem "I eat;" Old Church Slavonic jasti "to eat," Russian jest "to eat").
雙語例句
1. The food at the hotel was barely edible.
這家旅館的食物簡直不能入口。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.
我們靠著野菜才沒被餓死.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. This kind of mushroom is edible, but that kind is not.
這種蘑菇吃得, 那種吃不得.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. Take some edible food when you go there.
你去那兒時(shí)帶些吃的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Peel off the blackened skin, flatten the pepper out and trim it into edible pieces.