(of food, etc. )食物等 that smells or looks attractive; making you feel hungry or thirsty 开胃的;引起食欲的;使渴的 the appetizing aroma of sizzling bacon 炸得咝咝作响、热气腾腾的腊肉那令人胃口大开的香气。 The meals he cooked were always nourishing but never particularly appetizing. 他做的饭总是很有营养,但向来不怎么好吃。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAppetizing is used with these nouns:- aroma
- meal
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French appétissant, irregular formation from appétit from Latin appetitus ‘desire for’, from appetere ‘seek after’, from ad- ‘to’ + petere ‘seek’.