1590s, from Late Latin edibilis "eatable," from Latin edere "to eat," from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (cognates: Sanskrit admi "I eat;" Greek edo "I eat;" Lithuanian edu "I eat;" Hittite edmi "I eat," adanna "food;" Old Irish ithim "I eat;" Gothic itan, Old Swedish and Old English etan, Old High German essan "to eat;"
Avestan ad- "to eat;" Armenian utem "I eat;" Old Church Slavonic jasti "to eat," Russian jest "to eat").
双语例句
1. The food at the hotel was barely edible.
这家旅馆的食物简直不能入口。
来自《权威词典》
2. Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.
我们靠着野菜才没被饿死.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. This kind of mushroom is edible, but that kind is not.
这种蘑菇吃得, 那种吃不得.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. Take some edible food when you go there.
你去那儿时带些吃的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Peel off the blackened skin, flatten the pepper out and trim it into edible pieces.
