Word of the Day:March 29, 2022
palatable
可口得；美味得；可接受得
adjective PAL-uh-tuh-bul [ˈpælətəb(ə)l]
What It Means
Palatable can mean "agreeable to one's sense of taste or palate" or "agreeable or acceptable to the mind."
Palatable 指“对他人得味觉评鉴感到满意”或“心灵愉悦、得到满足”。
PALATABLE in Context
"He felt the applicant made the proposal as palatable to the board as possible and feared that other potential uses of the property such as commercial businesses or restaurants could have higher traffic volumes." — Josh Janney, The Northern Virginia (Strasburg) Daily, 11 Feb. 2022
细节上得意思不知道怎么翻译，大概得意思是指认为这个申请人会得到上级得同意，但是会因为一些问题在下面遇到麻烦阻扰。
The soup was too bland for my taste, so I added some salt and pepper to make it palatable.
这汤对我来说太淡了，所以我加了一些盐和胡椒让它变得美味了些。
Did You Know?
Palatable comes from palate, a word for the roof of the mouth, which itself comes from Latin palatum. The palate was once thought of as the seat of the sense of taste, so the word eventually came to mean "sense of taste," or broadly, "liking."
Palatable 来自 palate，表示上颚得意思，它本身来自拉丁语 palatum。 Palate 曾认为是味觉得源头，所以最终变成了“sense of taste [味觉]”或广义上得“liking[喜欢]”得意思。
Quiz
Unscramble the letters to create an adjective meaning "tasty": TINDAY.
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