Bittersweet

['bɪtəswiːt] or ['bɪtɚ,swit]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds.

(noun.) poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America.

(adj.) tinged with sadness; 'a movie with a bittersweet ending' .

(adj.) having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness .

克雷格編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

(n.) Anything which is bittersweet.

(n.) A kind of apple so called.

(n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara.

(n.) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork.

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