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- mass noun a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink食糖。
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- count noun a lump or teaspoonful of this, used to sweeten tea or coffee一块糖; 一茶匙糖。
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- informal, chiefly US used as a term of endearment or an affectionate form of address〈非正式, 主美〉［用作爱称］亲爱的, 宝贝：
what's wrong, sugar?
怎么了, 亲爱的？
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- as exclamation informal used as a euphemism for 'shit'〈非正式, 婉〉同SHIT.
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- informal a narcotic drug, especially heroin or LSD〈非正式〉麻醉药; 毒品（尤指海洛因或二乙基麦角酰胺）。
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- Biochemistry any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose【生化】糖。
with obj.
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Mother absent-mindedly sugared her tea
母亲心不在焉地往她的茶里加糖
as adj. sugared sugared almonds.糖衣杏仁。
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- figurative make more agreeable or palatable〈喻〉使变得讨人喜欢, 使宜人, 使受欢迎：
the novel was preachy but sugared heavily with jokes.
这部小说虽然说教, 但却搀有大量笑话, 因而颇受欢迎。
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- no obj. [usu. as noun sugaring] Entomology spread a mixture of sugar, treacle, beer, etc., on a tree trunk in order to catch moths【昆】在树干上涂撒糖、糖浆、啤酒等的混合物作蛾饵。
短语
sugar the pill
- 见PILL1.
派生词
sugarless
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.