(pl.-ies)(亦作sugar candy) ［mass noun］
1- N. Amer. sweets; confectionery〈北美〉糖果：
as modifier a candy bar一根糖棒
count noun pink and yellow candies.粉红和黄色糖果。
1.1
- chiefly Brit. sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation〈主英〉冰糖。
-ies, -ied
with obj. [often as adj. candied] preserve (fruit) by coating and impregnating it with a sugar syrup把（水果）制成蜜饯：candied fruit.
水果蜜饯。
词源
mid 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' + kandī 'candied'， based on Sanskrit khanda 'fragment'.