sweetness

FREQ #11410

n. 甜蜜, 芳香, 美妙

发音

UK /ˈswiːtnəs/
US /ˈswitnəs/

词形变化

sweetnesses 复数 sweetnesses

别名

sweetenesse sweetnesse

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The condition of being sweet (all senses).

    甜味

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  2. 2.

    A pleasant disposition; kindness.

    甜美

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    Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

  3. 3.

    The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.

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  4. 4.

    A term of address for one's sweetheart.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

sweet bouquet fragrance fragrancy pleasantness redolence sugariness

上位词 7

smell taste quality scent odor aroma odour

下位词 7

niceness amenity agreeableness enjoyableness pleasingness saccharinity sugariness

相关短语

sweetness and light 社会（或政治上）的和谐

词源

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).

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