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In Greek mythology, ambrosia was the food of the gods. At a picnic, ambrosia is a dessert made with oranges and shredded coconut. While the former bestowed immortality on all who ate it, the latter tastes very refreshing after fried chicken and potato salad.
In the Odyssey and the Iliad, Homer uses the word ambrosia for three things: the food of the Olympians, a salve used to treat corpses, and as a perfume to cover up the smell of uncured seal skins. Some scholars have identified ambrosia as honey while others feel that a type of hallucinogenic mushroom was meant in the myths. Regardless of all this confusion, the word is now used metaphorically to mean anything so fragrant, so delicious that it seems divine — including a popular orange-and-coconut confection.
实用短语
词根词缀
后缀: -ia
1. 表名词,”病”; 2. 表名词,”总称,状态等”
n.
anemia 贫血,贫血症a无+nem血+ia病→n.贫血,贫血症
dyslexia 阅读障碍dys坏,不良+lex词+ia病→读词不行
dyspepsia 消化不良dys坏+peps消化;胃+ia病→消化不好
hypochondria 忧郁症,臆想病hypo在……下面+chondr忧郁+ia病→在下面忧郁→忧郁症
insomnia 失眠症in不+somn睡眠+ia病→n.失眠症
pyromania 纵火狂pyro火+man狂+ia病→n.纵火狂
ambrosia 神仙食品,美味ambros不死的+ia总称,状态等→n.神仙食品,美味
cornucopia 象征丰收的羊角corn角+u+cop丰富+ia表示物→表示丰富的角→丰饶角
insignia 徽章,袖章in内部+sign信号+ia总称,状态等→内部标志
intelligentsia 知识分子[集合称],知识阶层,知识界intelligent聪明的,伶俐的+s+ia总称,状态等→n.知识分子[集合称],知识阶层,知识界
militia 民兵[组织]milit兵+ia总称,状态等→n.民兵[组织]
minutia 微枝末节,细节minute细小的+ia总称,状态等→n.微枝末节,细节
utopia 乌托邦,理想的完美境界,空想的社会改良计划utop没有的地方即no place+ia总称,状态等→乌托邦现实中是没有的