sugarcoat

FREQ #35974

n. 糖衣 vt. 裹以糖衣, 粉饰

发音

US /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/
其它
UK /ˈʃʊɡəˌkəʊt/

词形变化

sugarcoating sugarcoats 三单 sugarcoats sugarcoating 现在分词 sugarcoated 过去式 sugarcoated 过去分词

别名

sugar-coat sugar coat

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To coat with sugar.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.

    粉饰

    比喻 及物

    There's no way to sugarcoat the loss of the space shuttle; it was an unmitigated disaster.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

candy glaze

上位词 5

spin sweeten dulcify dulcorate edulcorate

相关短语

sugarcoat the pill sugarcoat a bitter pill

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English sugarcoat From sugar + coat; figurative sense from the practice of coating medicinal tablets or pills with sugar in order to disguise their unpleasant taste (sugarcoating the pill).

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