| 单词 | saccharine |
| 释义 | saccharine (once / 11680 pages) adj You might be tempted to turn the radio dial when you hear a love song that is saccharine, meaning that it’s too sweet and sentimental to bear. The adjective saccharine comes from the Middle Latin word for sugar. Saccharine is a type of sugar substitute that you might sprinkle on your cereal or berries to sweeten them without the calories of real sugar. The word is used to describe something so sweet that it’s annoying — like a very sentimental song or a tear-jerking commercial. WORD FAMILYsaccharine: saccharinely, saccharinity USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s an offensively annoying mix of saccharine, schmaltz and soap. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) But it’s topical, and a star-studded, if saccharine, alternative to the Times Square broadcasts. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) When a word like sweetie, so innocent and saccharine, slips out of the wrong mouth, you’ll wish you were wearing pants. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) adj overly sweet Syn cloying, syrupy, treacly sweet having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar |
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