Word · Frequency #5334
honeying
加蜂蜜；用蜂蜜使变甜
honeying is the present participle of honey.
To add honey to something; sweeten with honey.
- 1.
To sweeten; to make agreeable.
- 2.
To add honey to.
- 3.
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
- 4.
sweeten with honey
用蜂蜜使甜
- 5.
To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
使甜蜜；使愉快；说亲热话；用亲昵的称呼哄人；谄媚；奉承；过分殷勤；用蜂蜜使甜；加蜜使甜
In use
She always honeys her tea instead of using sugar.
He honied the biscuits for the children's party.
The chef is honeying the roasted carrots right now.
honey + noun
Honey the tea before serving.
上茶前加蜂蜜。
be honied
The bread was honied.
面包加了蜂蜜。
honey + noun + to taste
"to taste" 表示根据个人口味调整用量。
Honey the oatmeal to taste.
根据口味给燕麦加蜂蜜。
Verb forms
Connections
Collocations
- honeyed words
- 甜言蜜语；谄媚的话
- He won her over with honeyed words.他用甜言蜜语赢取了她的欢心。
- honeyed tone
- 甜腻讨好的语气
- She asked in a honeyed tone, but I knew she didn't mean it.她用甜腻讨好的语气央求，但我知道她并不是真心的。
- honeyed voice
- 甜腻的嗓音；故作温柔的说话声
- The con artist used a honeyed voice to gain trust.那个骗子用甜腻的嗓音来赢得信任。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the land of milk and honey
- 流奶与蜜之地；富饶丰足之地After years of hardship, they finally moved to a city they described as the land of milk and honey.经过多年的艰辛，他们终于搬到了一个他们称为“流奶与蜜之地”的城市。
- catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- 甜言蜜语比尖酸刻薄更有效；好话胜过恶语Remember that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, so try being polite to the customer.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
蜜蜂酿蜜，动词honey就是“加蜜”：给食物加点蜜变甜，给爱人说点蜜话哄人开心。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、recipes、food preparation 此处分析的是“加蜂蜜、用蜂蜜使甜”这一动词义项。该义项多用于烹饪、食谱或食品描述等具体场景，语体上属于中性，无明显正式或随意倾向。
Pronunciation & Spelling
money, sunny, bunny, funny, and sonny rhyme with honey (/ˈhʌni/). phoney looks like honey (both end in -oney) but is pronounced /ˈfəʊni/, so it does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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