Sweet

[swiːt] or [swit]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth.

(noun.) a food rich in sugar.

(noun.) English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912).

(adj.) pleasing to the senses; 'the sweet song of the lark'; 'the sweet face of a child' .

(adj.) (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; 'sweet dessert wines' .

(adj.) having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar .

整理:米歇尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

(superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

(superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

(superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

(superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

(superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

(superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

(n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.

(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

(n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.

(adv.) Sweetly.

(v. t.) To sweeten.

編輯:奥马尔

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Sugary, honeyed, saccharine, luscious, not sour, not bitter.[2]. Redolent, fragrant, balmy, not fetid, not stinking.[3]. Soft, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, dulcet.[4]. Beautiful, fair, lovely.[5]. Delightful, agreeable, pleasant, charming, grateful, gratifying.[6]. Mild, gentle, engaging, winning, attractive, amiable, sweet, lovable.

n. [1]. Sweetness, sweetest part.[2]. Dear, darling.

康拉德編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Saccharine, luscious, fragrant, dulcet, melodious, harmonious, musical,beautiful, lovely, wholesome, pleasing, pure, mild, winning, agreeable, fresh,gentle, amiable

ANT:Sour, bitter, unsweet, fetid, offensive, nauseous, olid, stinking, nasty,inharmonious, discordant, unlovely, repulsive, unwholesome, putrid, tainted,ungentle, unamiable

厄纳校對

解釋/意思:

adj. pleasing to the taste or senses: tasting like sugar: fragrant: melodious: beautiful grateful to the eye: fresh as opposed to salt or to sour: pure: recent not stale sour or putrid: mild soft gentle: kind obliging.—n. a sweet substance: a term of endearment: (pl.) sweetmeats confections: sweet dishes served at table puddings tarts jellies &c.—v.t. (obs.) to sweeten.—adj. Sweet′-and-twen′ty (Shak.) at once fair and young.—ns. Sweet′-bay the laurel (Laurus nobilis); Sweet′bread the pancreas of an animal used for food both delicate and nutritious.—adj. Sweet′-breathed sweet-smelling.—ns. Sweet′-brī′er a thorny shrub of the rose kind resembling the brier having a sweet smell; Sweet′-corn a variety of maize.—v.t. Sweet′en to make sweet: to make pleasing mild or kind: to increase the agreeable qualities of: to make pure and healthy.—ns. Sweet′ener one who or that which sweetens; Sweet′ening act of sweetening: that which sweetens; Sweet′-flag -rush an aromatic plant of the genus Acorus of the arum family; Sweet′heart a lover or mistress.—n.pl. Sweet′ies confections.—n. Sweet′ing a sweet apple: (Shak.) a darling a word of endearment.—adj. Sweet′ish somewhat sweet to the taste.—ns. Sweet′ishness; Sweet′-john a flower of the narrow-leaved varieties of a species of pink Dianthus barbatus as distinguished from other varieties called Sweet-william; Sweet′leaf a small tree in the southern United States having sweetish leaves relished by cattle and horses; Sweet′-lips one whose lips are sweet—a term of endearment: the ballanwrasse or Labrus maculatus.—adv. Sweet′ly.—ns. Sweet′-mar′joram a fragrant species of marjoram; Sweet′meat a confection made wholly or chiefly of sugar; Sweet′-nan′cy the double-flowered variety of Narcissus poeticus; Sweet′ness; Sweet′-oil olive-oil; Sweet′-pea a pea cultivated for its fragrance and beauty; Sweet′-potā′to a twining plant common in tropical and sub-tropical countries having large sweetish edible tubers.—adj. Sweet′-scent′ed having a sweet smell.—n. Sweet′-sop a tropical American evergreen also its pulpy fruit.—adj. Sweet′-tem′pered having a mild amiable disposition.—ns. Sweet′-wa′ter a white variety of the European grape with very sweet juice; Sweet′-will′iam the bunch-pink Dianthus barbatus a garden flower of many colours and varieties; Sweet′wood a name applied to various trees and shrubs of the laurel family found in South America and the West Indies.—Be sweet on or upon to be in love with.

黛尔編輯