| 单词 |
gastrology |
| 释义 |
gastrology|gæˈstrɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. Gr. γαστρολογία, the title of a poem quoted by Athenæus (also γαστρονοµία), f. γαστρο-, γαστήρ stomach + λόγος discourse.]
The science of catering for the stomach; hence, cookery, good eating. Similarly gaˈstrologer, one versed in gastrology. gastroˈlogical a., of or pertaining to gastrology. gaˈstrologist = gastrologer.
1810W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXX. 48 Under the denomination of gastrology, to compile learned quartos on the science of enhancing the physical and moral pleasures of the palate. 1820Sporting Mag. VI. 261 The gourmet..deserves the higher appellation of gastrologer. 1822Edin. Rev. XXXVII. 59 The Gastrologists will..not lay these things to heart. 1827H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) p. viii, What the Doctor learnedly calls ‘the Science of Gastrology’. 1851Fraser's Mag. XLIV. 208 The mechanical, physiological, and gastrological intricacies and differences of fish, flesh, and fowl. 1853Ibid. XLVII. 682 A famous gastrologer was wont to affirm that the whole of an Athenian supper put together was not to be compared to it. |
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