can·dy
noun/ˈkændi/
/ˈkændi/
[uncountable, countable] (plural candies)
(North American English)Idioms - sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this
糖果；巧克力；一块糖（或巧克力） - a box of candy
一盒糖果 - a candy store
糖果店 - a candy bar
一条巧克力 - Who wants the last piece of candy?
谁想要这最后一块糖？ - She had enough candies in her pocket for all the children.
她口袋里有足够的糖果给所有的孩子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- butterscotch
- chocolate
- licorice
- …
- eat
- unwrap
- hand out
- …
- wrapper
- bar
- aisle
- …
- like taking candy from a baby
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’. - a box of candy
Idioms
be like taking candy from a baby
- (informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do something
易如反掌；探囊取物；手到擒来 - I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby.
我原以为为项目筹集资金会很困难，没想到这么容易，犹如囊中取物。
- I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby.