英语词汇“sugar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, plural sugars, present participle sugaring, past tense, past participle sugared

1. uncountable noun

Sugar is a sweet substance that is used to make food and drinks sweet. It is usually in the form of small whiteor brown crystals.

...bags of sugar.

Ice cream is high in fat and sugar.

2. See also caster sugar, confectioners' sugar, demerara sugar, granulated sugar, icing sugar

3. countable noun

If someone has one sugar in their tea or coffee, they have one small spoon of sugar or one sugar lump in it.

How many sugars do you take?

...a mug of tea with two sugars.

4. verb

If you sugar food or drink, you add sugar to it.

He sat down and sugared and stirred his coffee. [VERB noun]

5. countable noun [usually plural]

Sugars are substances that occur naturally in food. When you eat them, the body converts them into energy.

Plants produce sugars and starch to provide themselves with energy.

...the natural sugars found in grape juice.

6. vocative noun

If one person knows another person very well and likes them a lot, they sometimes call them sugar.

[informal, feelings]

I know how to make you feel better, sugar. I'll tell you a story.

7. to sugar the pill

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单词	sugar
释义	Trends of sugar View usage for: sugar (ʃʊgəʳ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, plural sugars, present participle sugaring, past tense, past participle sugared 1. uncountable noun Sugar is a sweet substance that is used to make food and drinks sweet. It is usually in the form of small whiteor brown crystals. ...bags of sugar. Ice cream is high in fat and sugar. 2. See also caster sugar, confectioners' sugar, demerara sugar, granulated sugar, icing sugar 3. countable noun If someone has one sugar in their tea or coffee, they have one small spoon of sugar or one sugar lump in it. How many sugars do you take? ...a mug of tea with two sugars. 4. verb If you sugar food or drink, you add sugar to it. He sat down and sugared and stirred his coffee. [VERB noun] 5. countable noun [usually plural] Sugars are substances that occur naturally in food. When you eat them, the body converts them into energy. Plants produce sugars and starch to provide themselves with energy. ...the natural sugars found in grape juice. 6. vocative noun If one person knows another person very well and likes them a lot, they sometimes call them sugar. [informal, feelings] I know how to make you feel better, sugar. I'll tell you a story. 7. to sugar the pill sugar in British English (ˈʃʊɡə) noun 1. Also called: sucrose, saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. Formula: C12H22O11 ▶ Related adjective: saccharine 2. any of a class of simple water-soluble carbohydrates, such as sucrose, lactose, and fructose 3. informal, mainly US and Canadian a term of affection, esp for one's sweetheart 4. rare a slang word for money 5. a slang name for LSD verb 6. (transitive) to add sugar to; make sweet 7. (transitive) to cover or sprinkle with sugar 8. (intransitive) to produce sugar 9. sugar the pill Derived forms sugarless (ˈsugarless) adjective sugar-like (ˈsugar-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C13 suker, from Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccārum, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit śarkarā Sugar in British English (ˈʃʊɡə) noun Alan (Michael). Baron. born 1947, British electronics entrepreneur; chairman of Amstrad (1968–2008); noted for his BBC series The Apprentice (from 2005) sugar in American English (ˈʃʊgər) noun 1. any of a class of sweet, soluble, crystalline carbohydrates, as the disaccharides and the monosaccharides 2. sucrose, esp. when prepared as a crystalline or powdered substance used as a food and sweetening agent 3. a sugar bowl, specif. as forming a set with a creamer 4. flattery; honeyed words 5. sugar diabetes 6. Informal darling; sweetheart 7. Slang money verb transitive 8. to mix, cover, sprinkle, or sweeten with sugar 9. sugarcoat verb intransitive 10. US to form sugar 11. US to boil down maple syrup to form maple sugar usually with off Derived forms sugarlike (ˈsugarˌlike) adjective Word origin ME sucre < OFr < OSp azúcar or OIt zucchero, both < Ar sukkar < Pers šakar < Sans śárkarâ, akin to śarkaraḥ, pebble sugar in Hospitality 1 (ʃʊgər) Word forms: (regular plural) sugars noun (Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, breakfast) If someone has one sugar in their tea or coffee, they have one small spoon of sugar or one sugar lump in it. How many sugars do you take in your tea? I like two sugars in tea and one in coffee. Put milk and two sugars in the coffee, please. sugar in Hospitality 2 (ʃʊgər) noun (Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, breakfast) Sugar is a sweet substance that is used to make food and drinks sweet. It is usually inthe form of small white or brown crystals. She poured the tea and brought milk and sugar. Do you want brown or white sugar with your coffee? There is too much sugar in the chocolate pudding. It's too sweet. sugar cube More idioms containing sugar sugar the pill Image of sugar © Garsya, Shutterstock Examples of 'sugar' in a sentence sugar Their meals included sugar and tea imported from distant colonies. The Times Literary Supplement (2008) All fruits store energy naturally as sugars. The Sun (2009) Sprinkle with the sugar and season with salt and pepper. The Sun (2012) One was sugar and the other was dietary fat such as cholesterol. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This could lead to extra weight and higher blood sugar cells. The Sun (2012) Gently fold the caster sugar into the cream to combine. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Gradually add the icing sugar and continue to beat. The Sun (2014) The sugar car has been specially adapted to run on sugar beet instead of petrol. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Sugar encourages the body to store fat. The Sun (2012) Sprinkle with the flaked almonds and brown sugar. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Mix the coffee granules and sugar in a cup. The Sun (2012) This could be difficult as most processed foods have sugar in them. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Tours end with an invitation to taste samples of the various sugars produced. Times, Sunday Times (2009) You may as well just eat from the sugar bowl. The Sun (2013) He said he had been alerted to the high sugar content of many cereals by going shopping. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and sugar. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The source of the energy is glucose, a basic simple sugar obtained from food. Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988) He also called for a sugar tax, with the money raised going to fund health services. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Sugar, fat and protein molecules are taken through the cell membrane where they are processed by the mitochondria into energy. Chaitow, Leon The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes (1988) Word lists with sugar affection In other languages sugar British English: sugar /ˈʃʊɡə/ NOUN Sugar is a sweet substance, often in the form of white or brown crystals, used to sweeten food and drink. ...bags of sugar. American English: sugar Arabic: سُكَّر Brazilian Portuguese: açúcar Chinese: 糖 Croatian: šećer Czech: cukr Danish: sukker Dutch: suiker European Spanish: azúcar Finnish: sokeri French: sucre German: Zucker Greek: ζάχαρη Italian: zucchero Japanese: 砂糖 Korean: 설탕 Norwegian: sukker Polish: cukier European Portuguese: açúcar Romanian: zahăr Russian: сахар Latin American Spanish: azúcar Swedish: socker Thai: น้ำตาล Turkish: şeker Ukrainian: цукор Vietnamese: đường ăn All related terms of 'sugar' sugar bag a small hessian bag occasionally still used, esp in rural areas, as a rough-and-ready measure for dry goods sugar gum a small eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, having smooth bark and barrel-shaped fruits and grown for timber and ornament . It has sweet-tasting leaves which are often eaten by livestock sugar pea a variety of garden pea in which the pod is also edible sugar pie an open pie with a brown sugar filling sugar-tit cloth tied around a bit of sugar to form a nipplelike pacifier for a baby beet sugar the sucrose obtained from sugar beet , identical in composition to cane sugar blood sugar the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/ l brown sugar sugar that is unrefined or only partially refined burnt sugar caramel cane sugar the sucrose obtained from sugar cane , which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet corn sugar a dextrose made from cornstarch fruit sugar → fructose grape sugar → glucose icing sugar Icing sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and sweets . loaf sugar a large conical mass of hard refined sugar ; sugar loaf lump sugar sugar in the form of cubes malt sugar → maltose maple sugar sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple milk sugar → lactose palm sugar sugar obtained from the sap of certain species of palm trees spun sugar → cotton candy sugar apple → sweetsop sugar basin a small bowl in which sugar is kept sugar beet Sugar beet is a crop with a large round root. It is grown for the sugar which can be obtained from this root. sugar bird a South African nectar-eating bird, Promerops cafer, with a long curved bill and long tail : family Meliphagidae ( honey-eaters ) sugar bowl A sugar bowl is a small bowl in which sugar is kept. sugar bush an anacardiaceous evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of S California and Arizona , having pale oval leaves, spikes of yellow-tinged red flowers, and deep red fruits sugar candy large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee sugar cane Sugar cane is a tall tropical plant. It is grown for the sugar that can be obtained from its thick stems . sugar-coat to coat or cover with sugar sugar corn a variety of maize , Zea mays saccharata, whose kernels are rich in sugar and eaten as a vegetable when young sugar cube a small cube of sugar , used in cups of tea or coffee sugar-cured treated with a pickling preparation of sugar, salt, and nitrate or nitrite , as ham , bacon , etc. sugar daddy A woman's sugar daddy is a rich older man who gives her money and presents in return for her company , affection , and usually a sexual relationship . sugar-free not containing sugar and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute sugar loaf a large conical mass of hard refined sugar sugar lump Sugar lumps are small cubes of sugar. You put them in cups of tea and coffee. sugar maple a North American maple tree, Acer saccharum , that is grown as a source of sugar , which is extracted from the sap , and for its hard wood sugar pine a pine tree, Pinus lambertiana, of California and Oregon , having spreading pendulous branches, light brown cones , and sugary resin sugar soap an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint sugar tongs a device consisting of two connected arms that you push together and use for picking up a lump of sugar wood sugar → xylose barley sugar Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar. caster sugar Caster sugar is white sugar that has been ground into fine grains . It is used in cooking . castor sugar finely ground white sugar invert sugar a mixture of fructose and glucose obtained by the inversion of sucrose simple sugar → monosaccharide sugar almond a nut which has been covered with a hard sweet coating sugar-coated Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar. sugar factory a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc Chinese translation of 'sugar' sugar (ˈʃuɡəʳ) n (u/c) 糖 (táng) (勺, sháo) vt [tea etc] 给 ... 加糖 (gěi ... jiā táng) All related terms of 'sugar' brown sugar 红(紅)糖 hóngtáng icing sugar 糖粉 tángfěn [ 美 = confectioners' sugar ] caster sugar 精白砂糖 jīngbáishātáng castor sugar = caster sugar confectioner's sugar 糖粉 tángfěn [ 英 = icing sugar ] mix the sugar with the eggs 把糖和鸡(雞)蛋混在一起 bǎ táng hé jīdàn hùn zài yīqǐ can I have a packet of sugar, please? 请(請)给(給)我一包糖，好吗(嗎)？ Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bāo táng, hǎo ma? related words related adjective saccharine subject word lists See Edible sugarsSee Biochemical sugars Synonyms of 'sugar' sugar Explore 'sugar' in the dictionary
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