单词 | sweetly |
释义 | sweetsweet1 /swit/ ●●● S1 W2 adjective 1TASTE having a taste like sugar OPP sour: The pie is a little too sweet for me. sweet juicy peaches2CHARACTER kind, gentle, and friendly: Fran is such a sweet person.it is sweet of somebody to do something It was sweet of you to help.3FEELINGS making you feel happy and satisfied: Revenge is sweet. It was now her turn to enjoy the sweet smell of success (=the pleasant feeling of being successful).4SMELL having a pleasant smell SYN fragrant: a rose with a very sweet smell5SOUND pleasant to listen to: a sweet singing voice6CHILDREN/SMALL THINGS looking pretty and attractive SYN cute: Jessica looks so sweet in that hat.7GOOD Sweet! spoken used to say that you think that something is very good: “I got four tickets to the concert.” “Sweet!”8a sweet deal a business or financial deal in which you get an advantage, pay a low price, etc.: give/get a sweet deal I got a sweet deal on the car.9take your own sweet time (also do something in your own sweet time) to take as long as you want to do something, without caring whether other people approve, especially in a way that annoys other people: He just takes his own sweet time, doesn’t he?10have a sweet tooth to like things that taste like sugar11sweet nothings things that you say to someone that you have a romantic relationship with: He whispered sweet nothings in her ear.12sweet sixteen informal used to describe a girl when she is 16 years old, or a party that is given for her when she turns 1613be sweet on somebody old-fashioned to be very attracted to or in love with someone14WATER/AIR literary fresh and clean with a pleasant taste or smell[Origin: Old English swete] → see also home sweet home at home1 (14), short and sweet at short1 (13), sweetness—sweetly adverb |
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