搜尋結果
sugar
- IPA[ˈSHo͝oɡər]
美式
- 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;a lump or teaspoonful of sugar, used to sweeten tea or coffee
- sweeten, sprinkle, or coat with sugar;spread a mixture of sugar, treacle, beer, etc., on a tree trunk in order to catch moths
verb: sugar, 3rd person present: sugars, gerund or present participle: sugaring, past tense: sugared, past participle: sugared
noun: sugar, plural noun: sugars
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. 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 a spoonful of sugar a sugar bowl
- ▪ a lump or teaspoonful of sugar, used to sweeten tea or coffee I'll have mine black with two sugars
- 2. any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.
- 3. North American informal used as a term of endearment or an affectionate form of address what's wrong, sugar?
- 4. informal used as a euphemism for “shit.” “Oh sugar!” cried Sally
- 5. informal a psychoactive drug in the form of white powder, especially heroin or cocaine bags full of extra-fine Colombian sugar
動詞
- 1. sweeten, sprinkle, or coat with sugar she absentmindedly sugared her tea
- ▪ spread a mixture of sugar, treacle, beer, etc., on a tree trunk in order to catch moths they netted butterflies and sugared for moths
- 2. make more agreeable or palatable the novel was preachy but sugared heavily with jokes