| 词组 | toothsome |
| 释义 | toothsome Toothsome can mean "delicious": • ... fudgy chocolate cake, toothsome walnut pie — Florence Fabricant, N.Y. Times, 18 July 1980 Or "attractive": • ... to coax his toothsome secretary into a close relationship —John McCarten, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 1964 Recently, this old adjective has been showing signs of developing an additional sense, "toothy." William Safire criticized its use in this sense by a Newsweek writer in 1982. We first saw it in 1975: • John Tunney, California's toothsome junior senator, is said to be trying to grim up his image. Tunney denies it, but word has it that he has hired a speech therapist, solely to teach him how to smile without flashing a mouthful of what appear to be some 65 teeth —New York, 11 Aug. 1975 Further evidence has been slow in coming, however, and it is clear that the "toothy" sense of toothsome still falls far short of being established. |
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