单词 | sugar-coat |
释义 | > as lemmassugar-coat sugar-coat v. to coat with sugar; figurative, to make palatable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > action of making pleasant > make pleasant [verb (transitive)] sugar1412 saucec1530 gratify1577 sweetena1586 candy1592 rose-water1655 candify1777 genialize1821 sugar-coat1870 treacle1873 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > use pill, etc. [verb (transitive)] > coat sugar-coat1870 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > garnish [verb (transitive)] > ice or coat with sugar ice?1600 frost1827 sugar-coat1870 spin1883 pipe1894 candy-coat1930 1870 Eng. Mech. 18 Mar. 660/3 He can have his pills..sugar-coated by any druggist. 1910 J. J. Reeve in The Fundamentals III. 99 The little truth in it served to sugar-coat and give plausibility to some deadly errors that lurked within. < as lemmas |
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