fa·vou·rite1British EnglishBrE, favorite American English /ˈfeɪvərət/ ●●●S2W2adjectiveadj [only before noun]
1FAVOURITE/FAVORITEyour favourite person or thing is the one that you like the most 最喜欢的
a child’s favourite toy
孩子最喜欢的玩具
What’s your favourite colour?
你最喜欢什么颜色?
a favorite spot for picnickers
野餐者最喜欢的地方
2.favourite sonPOPULARa politician, sports player etc who is popular with people in the place that they come from 故乡骄子〔指受家乡人欢迎的政治家、运动员等〕
Examples from the Corpus
favourite son• And Rebekah will never again see her favourite son.• On the other hand, Dubroca, even before Fouroux's exit, was one of Albert Ferrasse's favourite sons.• Wolsey played with the goldpendant around his neck and smirked patronisingly at Agrippa as if he was a favourite son.• Pamela thought for a moment of Roy, her favourite son, and Bernice, his wife - also a careergirl.• He was not her favourite son, but he was something.
favourite• My currentfavourite is a street in Acton, westLondon.• I love all his films but 'Rashomon' is my favourite.• The recipe of the old favourite is being changed after 60 years in a bid to lick the recession.• But G.G. Gallup's mirrorexperiments, from the mid-1970s, are a particular favourite of those prowling for overtevidence.• Admit it, you were always Mom's favourite.• And they've returned to their favourite in Minehead, Somerset, 126 times.
hot favourite• Hardy was a hot favourite before the fight and did not let a sell-outcrowd down by producing the expected victory.• He is hot favourite for a semi-final place.• And you are the hot favourite, bonnylass.• The hot favourite at 6-4 was Craganour.
favourite3nBritish EnglishBrE, favorite American English verb [transitiveT]