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单词 sugarplum
释义

sugarplum

[ shoog-er-pluhm ]
/ ˈʃʊg ərˌplʌm /
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noun

a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.

Origin of sugarplum

First recorded in 1600–10; sugar + plum

Words nearby sugarplum

sugar of milk, sugar orchard, sugar pea, sugar pie, sugar pine, sugarplum, sugars, sugar snap pea, sugar soap, sugar spoon, sugar the pill
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Example sentences from the Web for sugarplum

  • A sugarplum may help one to forget a bee-sting, but a death-thrust is another matter.

    Mary Ware in Texas|Annie F. Johnston
  • She had taught it him verse by verse with the patience of an angel, and she had encouraged him to learn it with many a sugarplum.

    Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris|Henry Labouchre

British Dictionary definitions for sugarplum

sugarplum
/ (ˈʃʊɡəˌplʌm) /

noun

a crystallized plum
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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