Word · Frequency #2378
sweets
甜食；糖果
sweets is the plural of sweet.
核心释义
a food rich in sugar; candy
- 1.
由糖引起的基本味觉感受。
The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- 2.
亨利·斯威特
English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
- 3.
甜心的同义词,表示亲昵。
Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
- 4.
甜点
a dish served as the last course of a meal
- 5.
甜食
a food rich in sugar
甜点；餐后甜点；甜味；亲爱的；心爱的人；亨利·斯威特（1845—1912，英国语音学家）；由糖引起的基本味觉感受。
用法In use
The children were told they could each pick one sweet from the jar.
用法提示：此句 sweet 为可数名词，指‘糖果’，与 from the jar 搭配。
She offered me a sweet, but I said no thanks because I had just brushed my teeth.
用法提示：这里的 sweet 作名词，意为‘糖果’，作 offered 的直接宾语。
I don't usually eat sweets, but this chocolate is too good to resist.
用法提示：句中 sweets 是 sweet 的复数形式，作 eat 的宾语，指‘糖果’。
a sweet
作可数名词，用 a/an 或复数 sweets 表示“一颗糖、糖果”。
She took a sweet from the tin and popped it into her mouth.
她从罐子里拿了一颗糖，丢进嘴里。
a bag of sweets
复数 sweets 常与表示容器的量词连用，如 a bag of sweets、a packet of sweets。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- have a sweet
- 吃甜点
- I always have a sweet after dinner.我晚饭后总是吃个甜点。
- eat sweets
- 吃甜食
- Children often eat too many sweets.孩子们常常吃太多甜食。
- sweet course
- 甜点菜
- The sweet course was a chocolate mousse.甜点菜是巧克力慕斯。
- sweet treat
- 甜点零食
- She gave the children a sweet treat.她给了孩子们甜点零食。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
对比记忆：sweet（甜食）无字母a，而sweat（汗）有a，甜食不会流汗。
语境与语域Context & Register
餐后甜点，常用于餐厅点餐、家庭聚餐等场合，语体中性。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为sweets
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'feet', 'meet', 'street', 'tweet', 'fleet' rhyme with 'sweet' (all have /iːt/). 'Sweat' has a different vowel (/ɛ/) despite similar spelling.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.