| 词组 | delectable |
| 释义 | delectable Fowler 1926, using part of a note in the OED, pronounced delectable as being chiefly in ironic use; Gowers in Fowler 1965 left the remarks intact except to edit out a reference to an apparently defunct sweet, Delectable Lozenges. Evans 1957 denies ironic use in the U.S.; in America, he says, it is "a club woman gush word." Flesch 1964 says it is "arch" and should not be used. Reader's Digest 1983 merely notes that delectable is frequently synonymous with delightful and delicious but "has a flavor all its own." Our evidence shows that delectable is pretty frequently used by British writers to describe places and scenery. This use is perhaps a residual effect of Bunyan's "delectable Mountains." You will note that some of our examples might have influenced H. W. Fowler's views, had he come across them, and that all of them appeared before Gowers did his revision. • ... the Isle of Wight: a very delectable place for a month's residence —George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, 1859 • ... have already by private gift or public subscription enclosed delectable woodlands to be an eternal delight and precept to their children —Norman Douglas, Siren Land, 1911 • ... a bicycle or walking tour round some specially delectable section of our coastline —S. P. B. Mais, The English Scene To-day, 2d ed., 1949 • ... surprising but delectable views of Snowdonia — W. A. Poucher, Country Life, 16 Nov. 1951 • ... a leisurely exploration of this delectable region —British Book News, February 1953 • ... it was only a little piece of a vast and delectable countryside —John Buchan, Castle Gay, 1930 There seems to be nothing noticeably peculiar to either British or American English in these other applications, but neither do they seem especially ironic, gushy, or arch: • The gossip moreover was always of the most delectable kind —Vita Sackville-West, The Edwardians, 1930 • ... the custom of performing this delectable score with string ensembles of various sizes —Martin Bookspan, Stereo Rev., October 1971 • ... some delectable full-page illustrations —E. S. Turner, Times Literary Supp., 4 Dec. 1981 • ... Hirschfeld's delectable inky squiggles in the Times —Brendan Gill, Horizon, August 1979 • Not since October 13, 1939, had I been cheered by such delectable tidings —Sir Winston Churchill, The Unrelenting Struggle, 1942 • ... a delectable as well as an intelligent woman — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Saturday Rev., 1 Apr. 1978 • ... the quality of Rousseau's own delectable style — Malcolm Muggeridge, Punch, 22 July 1953 • ... imparts a flavor some old-timers profess to think delectable —John Fischer, Harper's, April 1971 • ... It was spicy sherry; and we drank out of the halves of fresh citron melons. Delectable goblets! — Herman Melville, Omoo, 1847 • ... Double Gloucester cheese with chives, and delectable old ports —James Villas, Town & Country, April 1980 • ... the made-on-the-premises pâté, which is as delectable as ... the best of French pâté —Elin Schoen, New York, 26 April 1971 We do have one genuinely ironic example, though: • ... Irishmen intent on the destruction of the British Empire by conspiracy, murder, slander, and all the other delectable schemes that come to life so readily in the Gaelic brain —Liam O'Flaherty, The Informer, 1925 You needn't give a passing thought to all the criticism. If the word fits, use it. |
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