any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish (菜肴的)配料,原料 ■a component part or element of something 成分,因素 the affair contains all the ingredients of an insoluble mystery. 这一事件具备成为一个不解之谜的所有因素。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin ingredient- 'entering', from the verb ingredi, from in- 'into' + gradi 'walk'