candy
英 ['kændɪ]
美['kændi]
- vt. 用糖煮；使结晶为砂糖；美化
- vi. 糖煮；成为结晶
- n. 糖果（等于sweets）；冰糖（等于sugar candy，rock candy）；毒品
- adj. 新潮的（服饰）；甜言蜜语的
词态变化
复数: candies;
助记提示
candy n. 糖果〔看弟(谐音)吃糖果，自己流口水〕
中文词源
candy 糖果
来自印度语。
英文词源
- candy (n.)
- late 13c., "crystalized sugar," from Old French çucre candi "sugar candy," ultimately from Arabic qandi, from Persian qand "cane sugar," probably from Sanskrit khanda "piece (of sugar)," perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil kantu "candy," kattu "to harden, condense").
- candy (v.)
- 1530s, from candy (n.). Related: Candied; candying.
双语例句
- 1. Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.
- 乔还有一个怪癖，就是喜欢不停地嚼硬糖。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy.
- 那时候，电视中的女性大多都被看作花瓶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She returns to the big screen to play Candy's overbearing mother, Rose.
- 她又重返大银幕，扮演坎迪专横的母亲罗丝。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. a box of candy
- 一盒糖果
来自《权威词典》
- 5. This candy is so hard that no one can chew it.
- 这种糖太硬,没人嚼得动.
来自《简明英汉词典》