| 单词 |
foodway |
| 释义 |
foodway, n.
Brit. |ˈfuːdweɪ|, U.S. |ˈfudˌweɪ|
[‹ food n. + way n.1]
1. Any part of the alimentary canal; spec. the pharynx and oesophagus. Cf. airway n. 1b.
1904Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 12885 The faucial tonsil, standing at the very forks where the breathway and foodway meet..is the spot par excellence whence all sorts of pathogenic bacteria would start their maleficent journey. 1930Times 11 June 17/7 (advt.) The purpose of Eno's ‘Fruit Salt’ is to see that your foodways never become congested. 1999T. Pratchett et al. Sci. of Discworld xxx. 220 Our foodway crosses our airway, leading to lots of coughs and splutters when ‘something goes down the wrong way’.
2. In pl. The traditional customs or habits of a group of people concerning food and eating. Cf. folkway n. at folk n. Compounds 2.
1941N.Y. Times 8 Mar. 8/8 Under the drive of defense conditions we are attempting to adjust the foodways of a nation to science—to change food habits. 1975E. Oring in Calif. Anthropologist Spring 1 Although social scientists have devoted full sessions at their annual meetings to the study of foodways, the investigation of the inevitable consequences of foodways, elimination patterns, is a veritable wasteland. 1999S. Owen Indonesian Regional Food & Cookery (rev. ed.) 3 This is what made me want to contribute, in my own small way, to the work of saving ‘traditional’ foodways from oblivion. |
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