Dictionary Workbench Ondict

sweetie

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

sweetie

Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, dish
sweet·ie /ˈswiːti/ noun [countable] spoken  1. British EnglishDFF a sweet – used by children or when speaking to children 糖果〔儿语〕2 NICEsomeone who is kind and easy to love 讨人喜欢的人 Guy’s father is such a sweetie. 盖伊的父亲非常讨人喜欢。3. LOVEa way of speaking to someone you love 亲爱的 〔用作爱称〕
Examples from the Corpus
sweetieWould she be a sweetie and run out and buy one?Look at that little dog - isn't he a sweetie!And then they say - I want a new pair of shoes, Buck sweetie.Remember those soldiers who stopped fighting the Great War to play football across the Flanders trenches and exchange sweeties?It should, she thought, by law, be an apple a day, a total ban on sweeties.Between the sweetie shop and Sadie's earnings in the hosier's they barely managed.You know we love you, sweetie.
sweet·ie nounChineseSyllable
children Corpus used or to when sweet speaking a by


sweetie
sweetie /ˈswiːti/ noun [countable] spoken
 Word Family: noun: sweet, sweetener, sweetness, sweetie; verb: sweeten; adverb: sweetly; adjective: sweet
1. British English a sweet – used by children or when speaking to children
2. someone who is kind and easy to love:
    Guy’s father is such a sweetie.
3. a way of speaking to someone you love


sweetieBrE /ˈswiːti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈswiːti/ 🔊 noun (informal) [countable] (BrE) a child's word for a sweet/a piece of candy (儿童语)糖果 [countable] a person who is kind and easy to like 招人喜欢的人;可爱的人He's a real sweetie. 他的确招人喜欢。🔊🔊 [singular] used to address sb in a way that shows affection (用作称呼语)亲爱的