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单词 sweetness
释义
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sweetness

/ˈswiːtnɪs/
noun
mass noun
1
the quality of being sweet
甜。
1.1
used as an affectionate form of address, though often ironically
亲爱的人(爱称, 常讽):

I've just to got to go, sweetness.

亲爱的, 我得走了。

短语

sweetness and light

1
social or political harmony
社会(或政治上)的和谐:

Khrushchev's next visit to the West was one of sweetness and light.

赫鲁晓夫接下来对西方的那一次访问是政治上和谐的访问。

1.1
a reasonable and peaceable person
友善的人; 和蔼可亲的人:

when he's around she's all sweetness and light.

当他在身边的时候, 她就特别和蔼可亲。

ORIGIN: taken from Swift and used with aesthetic or moral reference, first by Arnold in Culture and Anarchy (1869).
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