sweet

Word family  noun sweet sweetener sweetness sweetie adjective sweet verb sweeten adverb sweetly

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sweet1 /swiːt/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)  1  taste 味道CTSWEET containing or having a taste like sugar 甜的，味甜的 → sour, bitter, dry This tea is too sweet. 这茶太甜了。 sweet juicy peaches 味甜多汁的桃子 sweet wine 甜葡萄酒► see thesaurus at taste2  character 性格NICE kind, gentle, and friendly 和蔼的；温柔的；友好的 a sweet smile 和蔼的微笑 How sweet of you to remember my birthday! 你真好，还记得我的生日！ → sweet-tempered► see thesaurus at kind, nice3  children/small things 小孩/小物品 especially British EnglishBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING looking pretty and attractive 漂亮的，可爱的 SYN cute Your little boy looks very sweet in his new coat. 你儿子穿上他那件新外套真好看。4  thoughts/emotions 思想/感情HAPPY making you feel pleased, happy, and satisfied 令人愉悦的，惬意的；使人满足的 Revenge is sweet. 报仇真痛快。 the sweet smell of success 成功的喜悦 the sweet taste of victory 胜利的美妙滋味 Goodnight, Becky. Sweet dreams. 晚安，贝姬。做个美梦。5  smells 气味CO having a pleasant smell 芳香的，芬芳的 SYN fragrant sweet-smelling flowers 芬芳的花朵 the sickly sweet (=unpleasantly sweet) smell of rotting fruit 烂水果那令人恶心的甜腻气味6  sounds 声音C pleasant to listen to 悦耳的，动听的 OPP harsh She has a very sweet singing voice. 她的歌声十分甜美。7. have a sweet tooth CTto like things that taste of sugar 爱吃甜食8  water/air 水/空气 if you describe water or air as sweet, you mean that it is fresh and clean 〔水、空气〕新鲜的，纯净的 OPP stale She hurried to the door and took great gulps of the sweet air. 她冲到门边，大口大口地呼吸新鲜空气。9  keep somebody sweet informalPERSUADE to behave in a pleasant friendly way towards someone, because you want them to help you later 讨好某人，巴结某人 I’m trying to keep Mum sweet so that she’ll lend me the car. 我在讨好妈妈，好让她把车借给我。10  in your own sweet way/time PERSONALLY/YOURSELFif you do something in your own sweet way or time, you do it in exactly the way that you want to or when you want to, without considering what other people say or think 只凭自己的意愿；不考虑别人；自私地 You can’t just go on in your own sweet way; we have to do this together. 你不能我行我素，我们得配合着干才行。11  a sweet deal American EnglishGOOD/EXCELLENT a business or financial deal in which you get an advantage, pay a low price etc 赚钱的交易；合算的买卖 I got a sweet deal on the car. 这辆车我买得很合算。12  sweet FA  (also sweet Fanny Adams) British English informalNONE/NOTHING nothing at all – used when someone wants to avoid saying a swear word directly 一点也没有〔用于避免直接说出脏话〕 ‘How much did they pay you for that job?’ ‘Sweet FA!’ “干那件工作他们给了你多少报酬？” “一分钱也没有！”13  sweet nothings LOVEthings that lovers say to each other 〔情侣之间的〕卿卿我我的话，情话 a couple whispering sweet nothings to each other 互诉喁喁情话的一对情侣14. be sweet on somebody old-fashionedLOVE to be very attracted to or in love with someone 钟情于某人，爱上某人n15. → sweet! —sweetly adverb → home sweet home at home1(13), → short and sweet at short1(1), sweetness THESAURUSsweet sweet food or drink has had sugar added or contains natural sugars 味甜的Italian oranges are very sweet. 意大利橙非常甜。a cup of hot sweet tea 一杯甜甜的热茶sugary sweet because a lot of sugar has been added 含糖的,甜的Sugary foods are bad for your teeth. 甜食对牙齿不好。sickly British English tasting unpleasantly sweet 甜腻的；令人恶心的The dessert was rather sweet and sickly. 那道甜点都甜得叫人恶心了。a sickly sweet fruit drink 一杯甜腻的果汁饮料cloying tasting or smelling unpleasantly sweet 甜得发腻的I find strawberry and peach drinks too cloying. 我觉得草莓饮品和桃子饮品都太甜腻了。the cloying smell of fish oil 鱼油的甜腻味

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sweet• We've lost to them four times, so beating them was really sweet.• Your belly is very furry and quite sweet.• Oh, thank you so much - you are sweet!• Aromatherapy: massage with essential oils made from natural sources and blended with a neutral base, such as sweet almond oils.• His secret is a tone that is preternaturally sweet and centered.• Specifically, it is citrus vodka, orange passion fruit liqueur, and a hint of sweet and sour.• The pie is a little too sweet for me.• Catherine said the music sounded sweeter from high up, and so she went to sit in the dark on the stairs.• He's a really sweet guy but I couldn't date him.• Jessica looks so sweet in that hat.• After the sweet juice is extracted, they carry it in wooden buckets on their heads to the next stage.• sweet, juicy peaches• It was very sweet of you to buy me those flowers.• And the old fountain, now green with moss and algae, made a sweet, pattering sound.• Fran is such a sweet person.• a sweet singing voice• a cup of hot sweet tea• Italian oranges are much sweeter than the ones we buy in Britain.sweet of you• It's very sweet of them.• That's really sweet of you.• How sweet of you to come celebrate with me.• It was sweet of you to go.Sweet dreams• It might be the jolt had awakened her. Sweet dreams?• Turn the gain down a bit and the reverb up and this translates into old Roy Buchanan - anyone remember Sweet Dreams?• They are often cheap-looking paperback books, usually in series with names like Sweet dreams, Teens, Couples, and Plus.sickly sweet• There can be virtue in the parlance of sincerity, sickly sweet as it seems.• Suddenly, he felt a warning, just a hint of the sickly sweet odour he remembered so vividly from the marketplace.• It was hot and jammed and the air was redolent with the sickly sweet smell of cheap champagne.• And again there was that sickly sweet stench of cooked flesh which clogged his nostrils and made him want to vomit.• He was fuming about it when Yolanda hopped into his car, the sickly sweet stink of her perfume almost choking him.nsweet!spoken informal used to say that you think that something is very good 太棒了！ ‘I got four tickets to the concert.’ ‘Sweet!’ “我弄到四张音乐会门票。” “太棒了！”

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sweet2 ●●● S2 noun  1  [countable] British EnglishDFF a small piece of sweet food made of sugar or chocolate 糖果 SYN American English candy Eating sweets is bad for your teeth. 吃糖对牙齿不好。 a sweet shop 糖果店 a packet of boiled sweets (=hard sweets that taste of fruit) 一袋果味硬糖► see thesaurus at taste2  [countable, uncountable] British EnglishDFF sweet food served after the meat and vegetables part of a meal 〔餐后的〕甜食，甜点 SYN dessert Would you like a sweet, or some cheese and biscuits? 你要来点甜食，还是干酪和饼干？3  (my) sweet old-fashionedLOVE used when speaking to someone you love 亲爱的，甜心 Don’t cry, my sweet. 亲爱的，不要哭。

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sweet• Perfetti has sales of Euros 700m in 50 countries with gum and sweets such as Brooklyn, Vigorsol and Vivident.• He also noted, vaguely, that her offer of one of his favorite sweets had no appeal.• Mum didn't let us have sweets except at Christmas.• There's sweets and biscuits as well as nuts and fruit.• Just as acidity works to add definition to sweets and fatty foods, the reverse is also true.• Thus a searcher might consider perusing entries under sweets, chocolates and confectionery.boiled sweets• All the matches are wet, so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets.• Then there was the time Vic and company decided to detonate a smorgasbord of Spam and boiled sweets.• Jars of boiled sweets, rusks, biscuit tins and chocolate boxes are on view.• She offered him the tray of boiled sweets.• The company admitted that there had been a delay in installing new screening equipment at the plant, which produces boiled sweets.Origin sweet1 Old English swete

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sweet¹ S2 W3 /swiːt/ adjective (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)1.  TASTE containing or having a taste like sugar ⇨ sour, bitter, dry:
    This tea is too sweet.
    sweet juicy peaches
    sweet wine
2.  CHARACTER kind, gentle, and friendly:
    a sweet smile
    How sweet of you to remember my birthday__ ⇨ sweet-tempered
3.  CHILDREN/SMALL THINGS especially British English looking pretty and attractive
   SYN  cute:
    Your little boy looks very sweet in his new coat.
4.  THOUGHTS/EMOTIONS making you feel pleased, happy, and satisfied:
    Revenge is sweet.
    the sweet smell of success
    the sweet taste of victory
    Goodnight, Becky. Sweet dreams.
5.  SMELLS having a pleasant smell
   SYN  fragrant:
    sweet-smelling flowers
    the sickly sweet (=unpleasantly sweet) smell of rotting fruit
6.  SOUNDS pleasant to listen to
   OPP  harsh:
    She has a very sweet singing voice.
7. have a sweet tooth to like things that taste of sugar
8.  WATER/AIR if you describe water or air as sweet, you mean that it is fresh and clean
   OPP  stale:
    She hurried to the door and took great gulps of the sweet air.
9. keep somebody sweet informal to behave in a pleasant friendly way towards someone, because you want them to help you later:
    I’m trying to keep Mum sweet so that she’ll lend me the car.
10. in your own sweet way/time if you do something in your own sweet way or time, you do it in exactly the way that you want to or when you want to, without considering what other people say or think:
    You can’t just go on in your own sweet way; we have to do this together.
11. a sweet deal American English a business or financial deal in which you get an advantage, pay a low price etc:
    I got a sweet deal on the car.
12. sweet FA (also sweet Fanny Adams) British English informal nothing at all – used when someone wants to avoid saying a swear word directly:
    ‘How much did they pay you for that job?’ ‘Sweet FA__’
13. sweet nothings things that lovers say to each other:
    a couple whispering sweet nothings to each other
14. be sweet on somebody old-fashioned to be very attracted to or in love with someone
15. sweet__ spoken informal used to say that you think that something is very good:
    ‘I got four tickets to the concert.’ ‘Sweet__’
—sweetly adverb
⇨ home sweet home at home¹(13), ⇨ short and sweet at short¹(1), ⇨ sweetness
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ sweet sweet food or drink has had sugar added or contains natural sugars: Italian oranges are very sweet. | a cup of hot sweet tea
   ▪ sugary sweet because a lot of sugar has been added: Sugary foods are bad for your teeth.
   ▪ sickly British English tasting unpleasantly sweet: The dessert was rather sweet and sickly. | a sickly sweet fruit drink
   ▪ cloying tasting or smelling unpleasantly sweet: I find strawberry and peach drinks too cloying. | the cloying smell of fish oil

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sweet² S2 noun
1. [countable] British English a small piece of sweet food made of sugar or chocolate
   SYN  candy American English:
    Eating sweets is bad for your teeth.
    a sweet shop
    a packet of boiled sweets (=hard sweets that taste of fruit)
2. [uncountable and countable] British English sweet food served after the meat and vegetables part of a meal
   SYN  dessert:
    Would you like a sweet, or some cheese and biscuits?
3. (my) sweet old-fashioned used when speaking to someone you love:
    Don’t cry, my sweet.
     

THESAURUS

■ describing the taste of something
   ▪ delicious having a very good taste: This cake is delicious! | a delicious meal
   ▪ disgusting/revolting having a very bad taste: The medicine tasted disgusting. | They had to eat revolting things, like fish eyes.
   ▪ sweet tasting full of sugar: The oranges were very sweet.
   ▪ tasty especially spoken tasting good and with plenty of flavour: She cooked us a simple but tasty meal. | That was really tasty!
   ▪ sour/tart having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does – used especially when this is rather unpleasant: The apples were a little sour. | The wine has rather a tart taste, which not everyone will like.
   ▪ tangy having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does, in a way that seems good: The dressing was nice and tangy.
   ▪ bitter having a strong taste which is not sweet and is sometimes rather unpleasant – used for example about black coffee, or chocolate without sugar: bitter chocolate | The medicine had rather a bitter taste. | Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.
   ▪ salty containing a lot of salt: Danish salami has a salty flavour.
   ▪ hot/spicy having a burning taste because it contains strong spices: I love hot curries. | a spicy tomato sauce
   ▪ piquant /ˈpiːkənt/ formal a little spicy – used especially by people who write about food. This word can sound rather pretentious in everyday conversation: cooked vegetables in a piquant sauce
   ▪ mild not having a strong or hot taste – usually used about foods that can sometimes be spicy: a mild curry
   ▪ bland not having an interesting taste: I found the sauce rather bland.