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sweet

Word family 
Related topics: Tastes, Odours, Colours & sounds
sweet1 /swiːt/ ●●● S2 W3 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp sweeter, superlativesupl sweetest)   → suite
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 taste
2  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, nice
3  children/small things 小孩/小物品 especially British EnglishBrEBEAUTIFUL/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
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have a sweet tooth• Danny's always had a sweet tooth.• If you have a sweet tooth, it is much better to make them part of a meal.
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。
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in your own sweet way/time• Did he think he was so important that he could finish the cottage in his own sweet time?• I probably love him, in my own sweet way.• You can just sit back and read the responses and decide the winner in your own sweet time.• I'd rather carry on in my own sweet way, and I'd rather be in Stockholm.
11  a sweet deal American EnglishAmEGOOD/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。
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a sweet deal• It's a sweet deal for the families.• What a sweet deal that is-the stars get to look caring in exchange for prime time product placement.
12  sweet FA  (also sweet Fanny Adams) British EnglishBrE 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
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whispering sweet nothings• How musical the river and how charming the trees whispering sweet nothings as we pass!• Ned appeared to be whispering sweet nothings in her ear but his attentions were being met with a stony silence!
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
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be sweet on somebody• Some of the girls were sweet on him.
n15. → sweet!
—sweetly adverbadv
→ 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 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 EnglishBrE 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.
sweet!
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！”
Related topics: Food, dish
sweet2 ●●● S2 noun  
1  pile_sweets.jpg [countableC] British EnglishBrEDFF a small piece of sweet food made of sugar or chocolate 糖果 SYN American English candy
2  [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrEDFF sweet food served after the meat and vegetables part of a meal 〔餐后的〕甜食，甜点 SYN dessert
3  (my) sweet old-fashionedLOVE used when speaking to someone you love 亲爱的，甜心
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(my) sweet• And after the cheeseboard, my sweet tooth's nagging, so I need another great big stodgy wedge of Blackforest Gateau.• And as for all that rubbish about my sweet face ...• And you are still asleep, my sweet friend.• But definitely no talking, Cassie, my sweet.• I show my palms and turn on my sweetest Bugs Bunny grin.• On these premises you are mine, my sweet.• Salad, greens and sweet potatoes, just the way my sweet nephew likes them, cut small before they get baked.• Well, a few of my sweet old ladies are going to have palpitations.
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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
sweet1 adjectiveadj →THESAURUS1sweet!sweet2 noun
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