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单词 sweetie
释义 sweetie usually in pl. sweeties. orig. Sc.|ˈswiːtɪ|
Also sweety.
[f. sweet a. + -ie. Earlier than sweet n. 1 e (cf. sweepy n. and sweep n. 33).]
1. a. A sweetmeat, lollipop. Also, sweet cake or the like.
1721Ramsay Conclusion 22 To wrap Up snuff, or sweeties, in a shap.1824W. Havergal Let. in Life (1882) 55 Baby..was satisfied with a bit of sweetie.1860Thackeray Round. Papers, Christmas Tree, Instead of finding bonbons or sweeties in the packets which we pluck off the boughs.1874C. Rossetti Speaking Likenesses 73 Burnt almonds, chocolate, and ‘sweeties’ of every flavour.1899Crockett Kit Kennedy 25 She gied me a' the sweeties she had.
b. attrib.
1790D. Morison Poems 18 Rob tak's them to a sweety bench Where a' thing's fit for eatin'.1808Jamieson s.v. Yule, What the vulgar call a sweetie-skon, or a loaf enriched with raisins, currants, and spiceries.1813G. Robertson Agric. Surv. Kincard. 406 The sweety-men, or confectioners.1821Blackw. Mag. VIII. 423 The Sweety⁓wife..Spreads out her sweeties, and adjusts her scale.1837Lockhart Scott I. vii. 224 A ‘sweetie wife’ (that is, an itinerant vender of gingerbread, &c.).1893Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Z. I. 51 Money..for sweetie stuff.1895Crockett Bog-Myrtle & Peat iv. ii. (1899) 332 The row of sweetie-bottles.1928J. Buchan Runagates Club ii. 85 Some biscuits which I bought at a sweetie shop.1980Times 11 Dec. 11/2 Cheery old Mrs Mutterance has a Battersea sweetie shop.
2. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
a. A sweetheart, a lover; a lovable person. Also as a term of endearing address.
1778[see Yankee 1 a].1925F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ii. 42 Tom's the first sweetie she ever had.1932Wodehouse Hot Water xv. 248 ‘I'll drop down off the balcony with the stuff.’.. ‘You won't hurt yourself, sweetie?’1949A. Christie Crooked House vi. 34 The poor old Sweetie... He..was just on ninety.1958Listener 3 July 31/1 His fiancée, Julia, who is a sweetie.1964G. McDonald Running Scared i. 14 ‘Where is Dad?’ ‘He's in Washington, I think, Sweetie.’1975Times 19 Sept. 9/3 Karen Black as the steely sweetie on the way up.1977N. Marsh Last Ditch ii. 40 ‘Sweetie,’ Julia cried extravagantly, ‘you are such heaven!’
b. Comb., as sweetie-pie.
1928Wodehouse Money for Nothing iv. 76 ‘Hello, sweetie-pie,’ said Miss Molloy.1937D. B. Wyndham Lewis in L. Russell Press Gang! 239 Follies show-girl Gladileen (‘Sweetie-Pie’) Kisse.1955Earl Winterton Fifty Tumultuous Years 28 She is not his daughter; as I tell you, she his girl; how you say, his ‘sweetie-pie’.1957E. Hyams Into Dream i. 77 ‘I think they're all perfect sweetie-pies,’ Barbara said.1977‘L. Egan’ Blind Search v. 83 He's..the kind of man who calls anything female ‘honeybunch’ and ‘sweetie-pie’.




Add:[1.] c. A green-skinned hybrid variety of grapefruit, noted for its sweet taste.
1985Fruit Trades Jrnl. 11 Oct. 22/3 A week later, the trade will have a chance to try the first arrivals of Jaffa Sweetie, a cross between a grapefruit and a pomelo.1987Financial Times 20 May i. 38/2 This season, [Israel]..exported 23 different brands of citrus, with easy-peeler mandarin oranges, red ‘Sunrise’ grapefruits, extra-sweet ‘Sweetie’ grapefruits, and giant Pomelos making particular inroads.1988Times 18 Nov. 7/3 Citrus fruits available include oranges at 8p–25p each, grapefruit 20p–45p and Jaffa sweeties 25p–40p.
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