Epicure

['epɪkjʊə;'epɪkjɔː] or ['ɛpɪkjʊr]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).

校對:鲁珀特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.

(n.) One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.

錄入:麦克唐纳

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Voluptuary, sensualist, Sybarite, free-liver, man of pleasure.

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解釋/意思:

n. a follower of Epicurus (341-270 B.C.) a Greek philosopher who taught that pleasure was the chief good: one given to sensual enjoyment: one devoted to the luxuries of the table.—adj. Epicurē′an pertaining to Epicurus: given to luxury.—n. a follower of Epicurus: one given to the luxuries of the table.—n. Epicurē′anism the doctrine of Epicurus: attachment to these doctrines.—v.i. Ep′icurise to play the epicure to feast riot: to profess the philosophy of Epicurus.—n. Ep′icurism the doctrines of Epicurus: luxury: sensual enjoyment.

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