2.CTCOa taste or smell that is bittersweet is both sweet and bitter at the same time 〔味道或气味〕甜中带苦的,又苦又甜的
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bittersweet• August, despite its slowdrag and logistical flaws, still holds surprises, sweet and bittersweet.• Being the last of a storied line may be bittersweet.• For Groningen coach Hans Westerhof defeat was bittersweet.• All his life it would loombittersweet in memory.• One of them had brought a lute-like instrument out of which he plucked some bittersweetnotes.• He takes his time, writing a bittersweet piece that encourages the ex-soldier to stop blaming himself for what happened.• He follows Cohen's bittersweetromanticism with a soliddose of SonicYouth.• Even the one tale that concludes with a victorycontains a bittersweettinge.