| 单词 | bittersweet |
| 释义 | bittersweet (once / 10954 pages) 1adj 2adj 3n The adjective bittersweet describes a taste that is a blend of bitter and sweet. Bittersweet chocolate, for example, contains more chocolate and less sugar than milk chocolate or even semisweet chocolate. The adjective bittersweet doesn't just refer to taste. It can also describe a blend of emotions that are sweet but also tinged with sadness. If you attend a memorial service for your grandmother, for example, you can enjoy telling stories of the things you did together, but still feel sad that she's gone. The feelings and memories you have make you simultaneously happy and sad, and are therefore bittersweet. WORD FAMILYbittersweet: bittersweetest, bittersweetly USAGE EXAMPLESThe bittersweet black sugar sauce is nice, but not extraordinary. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) There’s a bittersweet theme about nostalgia as an opiate, but for once this ingeniously dark series ends on a note of cyberhope. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) When your friends and family regard you as The Political One, seismic news events are a bittersweet experience. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1 adj having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness 2Syn semisweet tasty pleasing to the sense of taste adj tinged with sadness 3a movie with a bittersweet ending Syn sad experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness 1n twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds Syn|Hyper American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface 2n poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America Syn|Hyper Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade nightshade any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit |
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