honey

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hon·ey /ˈhʌni/ ●●● S2 noun  1. [uncountable]DFF a sweet sticky substance produced by bees, used as food 蜂蜜2  spoken especially American EnglishLOVE used to address someone you love 亲爱的，宝贝〔用于称呼心爱的人〕 SYN love Hi, honey. 嗨，亲爱的。3. [countable] informal an attractive woman 美女

Examples from the Corpus

honey• He bore a tray with a pint mug of steaming coffee and two thick slices of bread and honey.• Where were you born, honey?• Garlic butter, honey butter, and maple butter are mixtures of butter and the named ingredients.• The wasp strays in, eats a little honey, warms itself, tries to sting and travels out to some winter lair.• Do you have a pen, honey?• Trepolov absentmindedly bit viciously into the peppermint honey cake.• And if it isn't honey, the absence of that taste will cause Pooh to believe that it isn't honey.Origin honey Old English hunig

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honey
hon‧ey S2 /ˈhʌni/ noun1. [uncountable] a sweet sticky substance produced by bees, used as food
2. spoken especially American English used to address someone you love
   SYN  love:
    Hi, honey.
3. [countable] informal an attractive woman

honeyBrE /ˈhʌni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhʌni/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a sweet sticky yellow substance made by bees that is spread on bread, etc. like jam 蜂蜜 [countable] (informal) a way of addressing sb that you like or love （爱称）亲爱的，宝贝◆Have you seen my keys, honey? 你见到我的钥匙了吗，宝贝？🔊🔊 [countable] (informal) a person that you like or love and think is very kind 可爱的人◆He can be a real honey when he wants to be. 他高兴的时候挺招人喜欢的。🔊🔊●the land of ˌmilk and ˈhoneya place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy 富饶的乐土；丰裕之地