sweets

sweet[ swi:ts ]

• n.
  • English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

    同义词：Henry Sweet

  • a dish served as the last course of a meal

    同义词：dessertafters

  • a food rich in sugar

    同义词：confection

  • the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

    同义词：sweetnesssugariness

  • the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

    同义词：sweetness

• adj.
  • having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
  • having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

    "a sweet disposition"

    同义词：angelicangelicalcherubicseraphic

  • pleasing to the ear

    同义词：dulcethoneyedmellifluousmellisonant

  • pleasing to the senses

    "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"

  • pleasing to the mind or feeling

    "sweet revenge"

    同义词：gratifying

  • having a natural fragrance

    同义词：odoriferousodorousperfumedscentedsweet-scentedsweet-smelling

  • (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content

    "sweet dessert wines"

  • not containing or composed of salt water

    同义词：fresh

  • not soured or preserved

    "sweet milk"

    同义词：freshunfermented

  • with sweetening added

    同义词：sugaredsweetenedsweet-flavored

• adv.in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

  "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"; "talking sweet to each other"

  同义词：sweetly