单词 | candy coating |
释义 | candy coatingn. 1. a. A layer or covering of sugar or another sweet substance. ΚΠ 1880 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl. 20 Oct. 7/3 To prepare these fruits with a candy coating is a very simple process. 1923 Farm Jrnl. Mar. 101/1 Part of the sugar filling will ooze down into the pan, forming a candy coating which is delicious. 2018 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 6 Nov. b1 The M&M-style candy coating adds crunch. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something used to make a difficult, unpleasant, or controversial issue, situation, etc., appear to be more tolerable, appealing, or acceptable, esp. only superficially. Cf. candy-coat v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 1885 Rochester (Indiana) Republican 1 Oct. Mr. Flower was put on the Democratic ticket in New York to sugar-coat a big lump of bitterness... Mr. Flower declines to play the part of a candy coating. 1976 Washington Post 17 Mar. b8/6 Henry Fonda has been tacked onto the films..but it's doubtful he will prove to be sufficient candy coating for a very dull dose of medicine. 2018 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 31 Aug. Because this book is well and truly British,..it's infinitely preferable to The Fault in Our Stars... It's grittier, and without the candy coating. 2. The action or process of covering something with sugar or another sweet substance. Cf. candy-coat v. 1. Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΚΠ 1895 J. C. Ruby U.S. Patent 539,548 4/2 In a candy coating machine, the combination with a casting-box, of a carriage, a lifting or pick-up device, [etc.]. 1919 C. Dearing Muscadine Grape Paste (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1033) 11 Commercial candy makers have their own methods of candy coating. 2004 Fresno (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 9 June Panning is an ancient method of candy coating that has been updated with modern equipment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1880 |
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