单词 | sugar |
释义 | Word Frequency sugar(ˈʃʊɡə) noun 1. Also called: sucrose, saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. Formula:C12H22O11 ▶ Related adjective: saccharine2. any of a class of simple water-soluble carbohydrates, such as sucrose, lactose, and fructose 3. informal, mainly US and Canadian a term of affection, esp for one's sweetheart 4. rare a slang word for money 5. a slang name for LSD verb 6. (transitive) to add sugar to; make sweet 7. (transitive) to cover or sprinkle with sugar 8. (intransitive) to produce sugar 9. sugar the pill Derived forms sugarless (ˈsugarless) adjective sugar-like (ˈsugar-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C13 suker, from Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccārum, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit śarkarāWord Frequency Sugar(ˈʃʊɡə) noun Alan (Michael). Baron. born 1947, British electronics entrepreneur; chairman of Amstrad (1968–2008); noted for his BBC series The Apprentice (from 2005) |
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