单词 | sticky-sweet |
释义 | > as lemmassticky-sweet sticky-sweet adj. (esp. of food) that is both sticky and sweet; (figurative, of a person or thing) unpleasantly sweet, cloying. ΚΠ 1893 Punch 27 Mar. 241/1 The tarts we once were fain to eat, The penny ice, the jumble sticky-sweet. 1915 P. Scarlet Scarlet Fairy Bk. iv. 39 She spoke in a delicate sticky-sweet voice. 1962 R. Newton Cinderella 4 Cinderella is not the sticky-sweet variety in this version, but a..girl with a bubbling sense of humor. 1999 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. e6/4 Whenever his dead wife is mentioned, sticky-sweet music plays. 2007 M. Bittman How to cook Everything Vegetarian 424/1 Fresh dates are in season from late summer to the middle of fall, and they're sticky-sweet, tender, and juicy. < as lemmas |
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