Candy

['kændi]

['kændɪ] or ['kændi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts.

編輯:帕特里克--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

(v. t.) To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.

(v. t.) To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.

(v. i.) To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

(v. i.) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

(v. t.) A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.

(n.) A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

編輯:米考伯

解釋/意思:

n. a South Indian weight generally containing 20 maunds about 500 pounds English.—Also Can′die and Kan′dy.

n. a sweetmeat made of sugar: anything preserved in sugar.—v.t. to preserve or dress with sugar: to congeal or crystallise as sugar.—v.i. to become congealed.—p.adj. Can′died encrusted with candy or sugar: (fig.) sugared flattering.

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