Diet

['daɪət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods).

(noun.) the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal).

(noun.) a prescribed selection of foods.

(noun.) a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan).

(verb.) eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight.

(verb.) follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons; 'He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet'.

錄入:凯文--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.

(n.) A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.

(v. t.) To cause to take food; to feed.

(v. t.) To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.

(v. i.) To eat; to take one's meals.

(v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.

(n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.

手打:西尔维亚

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Food, provision, victuals, aliment, nutriment, nourishment, subsistence, provision, fare, viands, regimen, cheer, rations, commons.[2]. Assembly, convention, council, convocation, congress.

v. n. Eat sparingly, eat by rule.

錄入:伦纳德

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Food, victuals, nourishment, viands, nutriment, sustenance, fare, cheer,regimen

ANT:Starvation, fasting, abstinence, gluttony, omnivorousness

整理:斯特拉

解釋/意思:

n. an assembly of princes and delegates the chief national council in several countries in Europe: (Scots law) the proceedings under a criminal libel: a clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland a diet of worship.—n. Dī′etine a minor or local diet.—Desert the diet to abandon criminal proceedings under a particular libel—in Scotch usage.

n. mode of living with especial reference to food: food prescribed by a physician: allowance of provisions.—v.t. to furnish with food.—v.i. to eat: to take food according to rule.—n. Dietā′rian one who observes prescribed rules for diet.—adj. Dī′etary pertaining to diet or the rules of diet.—n. course of diet: allowance of food esp. in large institutions.—ns. Dī′et-drink medicated liquor; Dī′eter (Shak.) one who diets or prepares food by rule.—adjs. Dietet′ic -al pertaining to diet.—adv. Dietet′ically.—ns. Dietet′ics rules for regulating diet; Dietet′ist one who lays stress on diet; Dī′etist an authority on diet.

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