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sweet 音标拼音: [sw'it] n. 甜蜜,糖果,情人
a. 甜的,芳香的,悦耳的,漂亮的,和蔼的,淡的,灵活的 甜蜜,糖果,情人甜的,芳香的,悦耳的,漂亮的,和蔼的,淡的,灵活的 sweet adv 1: in an affectionate or loving manner (` sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of ` sweetly'); " Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; " how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; " talking sweet to each other" [ synonym: { sweetly}, { sweet}] adj 1: having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar [ ant: { sour}] 2: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; " an angelic smile"; " a cherubic face"; " looking so seraphic when he slept"; " a sweet disposition" [ synonym: { angelic}, { angelical}, { cherubic}, { seraphic}, { sweet}] 3: pleasing to the ear; " the dulcet tones of the cello" [ synonym: { dulcet}, { honeyed}, { mellifluous}, { mellisonant}, { sweet}] 4: pleasing to the senses; " the sweet song of the lark"; " the sweet face of a child" 5: pleasing to the mind or feeling; " sweet revenge" [ synonym: { gratifying}, { sweet}] 6: having a natural fragrance; " odoriferous spices"; " the odorous air of the orchard"; " the perfumed air of June"; " scented flowers" [ synonym: { odoriferous}, { odorous}, { perfumed}, { scented}, { sweet}, { sweet- scented}, { sweet- smelling}] 7: ( used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; " sweet dessert wines" [ ant: { dry}] 8: not containing or composed of salt water; " fresh water" [ synonym: { fresh}, { sweet}] [ ant: { salty}] 9: not soured or preserved; " sweet milk" [ synonym: { fresh}, { sweet}, { unfermented}] 10: with sweetening added [ synonym: { sugared}, { sweetened}, { sweet}, { sweet- flavored}] n 1: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics ( 1845- 1912) [ synonym: { Sweet}, { Henry Sweet}] 2: a dish served as the last course of a meal [ synonym: { dessert}, { sweet}, { afters}] 3: a food rich in sugar [ synonym: { sweet}, { confection}] 4: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [ synonym: { sweet}, { sweetness}, { sugariness}] 5: the property of tasting as if it contains sugar [ synonym: { sweetness}, { sweet}] Sweet \ Sweet\, v. t. To sweeten. [ Obs.] -- Udall. [ 1913 Webster]
Sweet \ Sweet\, adv. Sweetly. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Sweet \ Sweet\, n. 1. That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural. Specifically: ( a) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc. ( b) Home- made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. " A wilderness of sweets." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life. [ 1913 Webster] A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish of the sweet. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 4. One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment. " Wherefore frowns my sweet?" -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster]
Sweet \ Sweet\, a. [ Compar. { Sweeter}; superl. { Sweetest}.] [ OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[= e] te; akin to OFries. sw[= e] te, OS. sw[= o] ti, D. zoet, G. s[" u] ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. saetr, soetr, Sw. s[" o] t, Dan. s[" o] d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[= a] du sweet, svad, sv[= a] d, to sweeten. [ root] 175. Cf. { Assuage}, { Suave}, { Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. [ 1913 Webster] The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. [ 1913 Webster] To make his English sweet upon his tongue. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. -- Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. [ 1913 Webster] Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: ( a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. ( b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. [ 1913 Webster] Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? -- Job xxxviii. 31. [ 1913 Webster] Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. -- M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, sweet- blossomed, sweet- featured, sweet- smelling, sweet- tempered, sweet- toned, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Sweet alyssum}. ( Bot.) See { Alyssum}. { Sweet apple}. ( Bot.) ( a) Any apple of sweet flavor. ( b) See { Sweet- sop}. { Sweet bay}. ( Bot.) ( a) The laurel ({ Laurus nobilis}). ( b) Swamp sassafras. { Sweet calabash} ( Bot.), a plant of the genus { Passiflora} ({ Passiflora maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. { Sweet cicely}. ( Bot.) ( a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus { Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. -- Gray. ( b) A plant of the genus { Myrrhis} ({ Myrrhis odorata}) growing in England. { Sweet calamus}, or { Sweet cane}. ( Bot.) Same as { Sweet flag}, below. { Sweet Cistus} ( Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({ Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. { Sweet clover}. ( Bot.) See { Melilot}. { Sweet coltsfoot} ( Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({ Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. { Sweet corn} ( Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under { Corn}. { Sweet fern} ( Bot.), a small North American shrub ({ Comptonia asplenifolia} syn. { Myrica asplenifolia}) having sweet- scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. { Sweet flag} ( Bot.), an endogenous plant ({ Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See { Calamus}, 2. { Sweet gale} ( Bot.), a shrub ({ Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called { sweet willow}, and { Dutch myrtle}. See 5th { Gale}. { Sweet grass} ( Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. { Sweet gum} ( Bot.), an American tree ({ Liquidambar styraciflua}). See { Liquidambar}. { Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. { Sweet John} ( Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. { Sweet leaf} ( Bot.), horse sugar. See under { Horse}. { Sweet marjoram}. ( Bot.) See { Marjoram}. { Sweet marten} ( Zool.), the pine marten. { Sweet maudlin} ( Bot.), a composite plant ({ Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. { Sweet oil}, olive oil. { Sweet pea}. ( Bot.) See under { Pea}. { Sweet potato}. ( Bot.) See under { Potato}. { Sweet rush} ( Bot.), sweet flag. { Sweet spirits of niter} ( Med. Chem.) See { Spirit of nitrous ether}, under { Spirit}. { Sweet sultan} ( Bot.), an annual composite plant ({ Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow- flowered ({ Centaurea odorata}); -- called also { sultan flower}. { Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [ Colloq.] { Sweet William}. ( a) ( Bot.) A species of pink ({ Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. ( b) ( Zool.) The willow warbler. ( c) ( Zool.) The European goldfinch; -- called also { sweet Billy}. [ Prov. Eng.] { Sweet willow} ( Bot.), sweet gale. { Sweet wine}. See { Dry wine}, under { Dry}. { To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [ Colloq.] -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. 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