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).