Dreye權威釋義 | favourite

n.[C]【主英】

特別喜愛的人（或物）；受寵的人，親信
Lester, the second son, was his father's favourite.
二兒子里斯特是他父親的寵兒。
最有希望獲勝者（尤指馬）

a.

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

adj.

preferred to all others of the same kind.

n.

favourite son
1. a famous man who is particularly popular in his native area.
2. US a person supported as a presidential candidate by delegates from the candidate's home state.

C16 (as n.): from obs. Fr. favorit, from Ital. favorito, past part. of favorire ‘to favour’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》