Sweeten

['swiːt(ə)n] or ['switn]

解释:

(verb.) make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; 'sweeten a deal'.

(verb.) make sweeter in taste.

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解释:

(a.) To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.

(a.) To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.

(a.) To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.

(a.) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.

(a.) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

(a.) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.

(a.) To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.

(a.) To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.

(v. i.) To become sweet.

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同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Make sweet.[2]. Soften, make mild, make tender.[3]. Give zest to, give a relish to.

v. n. Grow sweet, become sweet.

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