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BNC: 2378 COCA: 1567

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.
這茶太甜了。
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 和藹的；溫柔的；友好的
a sweet smile
和藹的微笑
How sweet of you to remember my birthday!
你真好，還記得我的生日！
→ 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，可愛的 SYN cute
Your little boy looks very sweet in his new coat.
你兒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 令人愉悅的，惬意的；使人滿足的
Revenge is sweet.
報仇真痛快。
the sweet smell of success
成功的喜悅
the sweet taste of victory
勝利的美妙滋味
Goodnight, Becky. Sweet dreams.
晚安，貝姬。做個美夢。
5  smells 氣味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
爛水果那令人惡心的甜膩氣味
6  sounds 聲音C pleasant to listen to 悅耳的，動聽的 OPP harsh
She has a very sweet singing voice.
她的歌聲十分甜美。
7. have a sweet tooth CTto like things that taste of sugar 愛吃甜食
Examples from the Corpus
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/空氣 if you describe water or air as sweet, you mean that it is fresh and clean 〔水、空氣〕新鮮的，純淨的 OPP stale
She hurried to the door and took great gulps of the sweet air.
她沖到門邊，大口大口地呼吸新鮮空氣。
9  keep somebody sweet informalPERSUADE to behave in a pleasant friendly way towards someone, because you want them to help you later 討好某人，巴結某人
I’m trying to keep Mum sweet so that she’ll lend me the car.
我在討好媽媽，好讓她把車借給我。
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 只憑自己的意願；不考慮别人；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，我們得配合着幹才行。
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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 賺錢的交易；合算的買賣
I got a sweet deal on the car.
這輛車我買得很合算。
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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 一點也沒有〔用於避免直接說出髒話〕
‘How much did they pay you for that job?’ ‘Sweet FA!’
“幹那件工作他們給了你多少報酬？” “一分錢也沒有！”
13  sweet nothings LOVEthings that lovers say to each other 〔情侶之間的〕卿卿我我的話，情話
a couple whispering sweet nothings to each other
互訴喁喁情話的一對情侶
Examples from the Corpus
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 鐘情於某人，愛上某人
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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
一杯甜甜的熱茶
sugary sweet because a lot of sugar has been added 含糖的,甜的
Sugary foods are bad for your teeth.
甜食對牙齒不好。
sickly British EnglishBrE tasting unpleasantly sweet 甜膩的；令人惡心的
The dessert was rather sweet and sickly.
那道甜點都甜得叫人惡心了。
a sickly sweet fruit drink
一杯甜膩的果汁飲料
cloying tasting or smelling unpleasantly sweet 甜得發膩的
I find strawberry and peach drinks too cloying.
我覺得草莓飲品和桃子飲品都太甜膩了。
the cloying smell of fish oil
魚油的甜膩味
Examples from the Corpus
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!’
“我弄到四張音樂會門票。” “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
Eating sweets is bad for your teeth.
吃糖對牙齒不好。
a sweet shop
糖果店
a packet of boiled sweets (=hard sweets that taste of fruit)
一袋果味硬糖
► see thesaurus at taste
2  [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrEDFF sweet food served after the meat and vegetables part of a meal 〔餐後的〕甜食，甜點 SYN dessert
Would you like a sweet, or some cheese and biscuits?
你要來點甜食，還是幹酪和餅幹？
3  (my) sweet old-fashionedLOVE used when speaking to someone you love 親愛的，甜心
Don’t cry, my sweet.
親愛的，不要哭。
Examples from the Corpus
(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
BNC: 2378 COCA: 1567
sweet

noun

 (BrE)  ➡ see also candy ADJECTIVE | ... OF SWEETS | VERB + SWEET | SWEET + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤chewy, jelly, sugary耐嚼的糖果；果凍糖；含糖的甜食▸➤boiled硬糖➤cough, throat止咳糖；潤喉糖... OF SWEETS➤bag, box, packet一袋／一盒／一包糖果VERB + SWEET➤eat, suck吃糖；吸吮糖果◇I was sucking a boiled sweet.我正吸吮一塊硬糖。SWEET + NOUN➤shop糖果店
sweet

adjective¹

 1tasting like sugar/smelling pleasant甜；香VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be, smell, taste香；聞起來芬芳；味道香甜◇The air smelled sweet and clean.空氣清新宜人。➤make sth使⋯發甜▸➤find sth覺得⋯甜◇I found the dessert a little sweet for my taste.我覺得這種甜點對我來說有點兒太甜了。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常香甜▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有些香甜▸➤enough足夠甜◇Is the tea sweet enough for you?這茶對你來說夠甜嗎？➤sickly香得讓人惡心◇an overpowering, sickly sweet smell香得令人惡心的濃烈氣味
sweet

adjective²

 2nice愜意VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERBS➤be, look, seem, sound令人愉悅；看上去悅目；好像悅目；聽上去讓人高興▸➤keep sb (informal) 讓某人高興◇He'd promised her a new car, just to keep her sweet (= keep her in a good mood).他答應給她一輛新轎車，只是為了讓她高興。ADVERB➤awfully, really, terribly, very特別舒暢；非常愉快➤sickeningly, sugary甜得發膩的；甜蜜的◇a sickeningly sweet smile甜得發膩的微笑PREPOSITION➤to對⋯友好◇She was really sweet to me.她對我真好。PHRASES➤dear sweet...親愛的⋯◇My dear sweet sister Jillie.我親愛的妹妹吉莉。➤short and sweet簡短◇I'll keep it short and sweet (= speak briefly).我將言簡意賅地講一講。➤sweet and innocent天真可愛◇She looked so sweet and innocent.她看上去這麼清純可愛。➤sweet little可愛的小⋯◇a sweet little smile可愛的微笑
BNC: 2378 COCA: 1567
sweet adj.
⇨ sweet (a sweet little kitten) ⇨ kind (It's very sweet of you.) sweet

adjective

  ➡ See also the entry for nice 2 另見nice條第2義sweet ♦︎ cute ♦︎ adorable ♦︎ lovable ♦︎ dear old/little... ♦︎ endearing ♦︎ cuddlyThese words all describe a person, child or animal who is attractive and easy to like. 這些詞均表示人、小孩或動物可愛的、討人喜歡的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a sweet / a cute / an adorable / a lovable / a dear / an endearing little...◆a sweet / a cute / an adorable / a cuddly baby◆a sweet / a cute / an adorable girl / boy / child / kid◆an endearing / a cuddly animal / creature◆a sweet / cute / lovable way■ sweet (especially BrE, especially spoken, approving) (especially of children, animals or small things) attractive in a way that makes you feel affection for sb/sth （尤指兒童、動物或小物品）惹人喜愛的，可愛的◆His sister's a sweet young thing.他妹妹是個惹人喜愛的小家夥。◆You look sweet in this photograph.你這張照片照得很可愛。◆What a sweet little dog!多可愛的小狗啊！▸ sweetly

adverb

◆She smiled sweetly at him.她朝他嫣然一笑。■ cute (especially spoken, approving) sweet 可愛的；惹人喜愛的◆You were such a cute baby.你那時候是個逗人喜愛的小寶寶。◆She had a cute little nose.她的小鼻子惹人喜愛。NOTE 辨析 Sweet or cute?You can usually use either word. 這兩個詞常可通用◆How sweet / cute!多可愛呀！◆What a sweet / cute (little) baby, picture, dress, etc.!多可愛的小寶寶／圖畫／連衣裙（等）呀！ Sweet is more frequent in British English and cute is more frequent in American English. * sweet更常用於英式英語，而cute則更常用於美式英語。 ■ adorable əˈdɔːrəbl (especially NAmE, especially spoken, approving) very attractive and easy to feel love for 可愛的；討人喜歡的◆Isn't he just adorable?難道他不可愛嗎？◆What an adorable child!多可愛的小孩呀！   see also adore ⇨ love verb ■ lovable ( loveable) (approving) having qualities that people find attractive and easy to love, often in spite of any faults （常指雖有缺點但）可愛的，惹人愛的，討人喜歡的◆People saw him as a lovable rogue.在人們眼中，他是個可愛的淘氣鬼。   see also love ⇨ love verb ■ dear old...■ dear little...

idiom

 (BrE, approving) used to describe sb in a way that shows affection （表示親暱喜愛）親愛的◆Dear old Sue! I knew she'd help.親愛的休啊！我知道她會幫忙的。◆Their baby's a dear little thing.他們的寶寶真是個小乖乖。■ endearing (approving) causing people to feel affection 令人愛慕的；惹人喜愛的；討人喜歡的◆I like his honesty. It's one of his most endearing qualities.我喜歡他的誠實，這是他最討人喜歡的特質之一。▸ endearingly

adverb

◆an endearingly old-fashioned idea可愛的老式想法▸ endear sb/yourself to sb

phrasal verb

◆She was a talented teacher who endeared herself to (= made herself popular with) all who worked with her.她是一位深受同事喜愛的有才華的教師。■ cuddly (informal, approving) attractive in a way that makes people want to hold sb/sth close in their arms 令人想擁抱的◆a tiny, cuddly kitten令人想擁抱的小貓咪ⓘ Cuddly is often used to talk about animals, especially young ones with soft fur. A cuddly person is sb that you think looks soft and round. It is therefore used to describe babies more often than adults, who might feel that they are being described as fat. * cuddly常用於描述動物，尤指皮毛柔軟的小動物。cuddly person指人看上去圓而胖，因此多用於描述嬰兒；若描述成人，則會使那人感覺被說成了胖子。   see also cuddle ⇨ hug
BNC: 2378 COCA: 1567
sweet
Tasting like a particular thing: buttery, chalky, cheesy...
Describing sounds that are pleasant to listen to: soft, musical, sweet...
Words used to describe attractive people or things: lovely, delightful, appealing...
Smelling pleasant: delicious, evocative, fragrant...
Pleasant, enjoyable and relaxing: pleasant, enjoyable, relaxing...
Kind, gentle and sensitive: gentle, nice, sensitive...
Sweets and other confectionery: barley sugar, boiled sweet, bubble gum...
Parts of meals: accompaniment, afters, antipasto...
Names used for talking to someone in a friendly way: love, darling, mate...

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