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单词 sweetmeat
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sweet•meat /ˈswitˌmit/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Food(formerly) a sweetened cake or pastry.
  2. Foodany confection or candy, as a bonbon, sugarplum, or candied fruit.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sweet•meat  (swēt′mēt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
  2. Usually, sweetmeats. any sweet delicacy of the confectionery or candy kind, as candied fruit, sugar-covered nuts, sugarplums, bonbons, or balls or sticks of candy.
  • bef. 1150; Old English swētmete (not recorded in Middle English); see sweet, meat

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sweetmeat /ˈswiːtˌmiːt/ n
  1. a sweetened delicacy, such as a preserve, sweet, or, formerly, a cake or pastry
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