sweeten
英 ['swi?t(?)n]
美['switn]
- vt. 減輕；使變甜；使溫和；使悅耳
- vi. 變甜
CET6低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?sweetens;過去式:?sweetened;過去分詞:?sweetened;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sweetening;
中文詞源
sweeten 使變甜，增甜
sweet,甜的，-en,使。
英文詞源
- sweeten (v.)
- 1550s (intransitive), from sweet (adj.) + verbal ending -en (1). Transitive sense ("become sweet") is from 1620s. The Middle English form of the verb was simply sweet, from Old English swetan. Related: Sweetened; sweetening.
雙語例句
- 1. Sweeten dishes sparingly with honey, or con-centrated apple or pear juice.
- 加一點(diǎn)蜂蜜或濃縮蘋果汁或梨汁，讓菜帶點(diǎn)甜味。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Australians fry their bananas and sweeten them with honey.
- 澳大利亞人把香蕉炸了，然后再淋上蜂蜜吃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. If you sweeten him up he'll do the work for you.
- 你要是哄哄他,他就會(huì)幫你干活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The pears will sweeten as they ripen.
- 梨子熟了就會(huì)變甜.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. She had been careful to sweeten the deal with a rather generous cash payment.
- 她一直甚為審慎，想要通過支付大量現(xiàn)金促成這筆交易。
來自柯林斯例句