| 单词 | goody |
| 释义 | goody (once / 2676 pages) n A goody is a special treat, especially one you can eat. Sometimes kids judge the quality of a birthday party by the goody bag they leave with. When you're a kid, a highlight of other people's birthday parties is the goody bag, a gift of small toys and edible treats. If you celebrate Christmas, you probably get goodies in your stocking, and for Easter some lucky children receive baskets full of goodies. Goody, which since the 18th century has meant "something tasty," can also be used as an exclamation meaning "hooray:" "Oh goody, it's the ice cream man!" WORD FAMILYgoody: goodies USAGE EXAMPLESTo open a roster spot, New York designated right-hander Nick Goody for assignment. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) At this meeting, shareholders enjoy a free and unhurried breakfast of gourmet pastries and tropical fruit and receive a goody bag filled with luxury cosmetics. Wall Street Journal(Dec 12, 2016) Christmas Day is very relaxed – all the usual goodies for dinner, and a walk around the local countryside. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) n something considered choice to eat Syn|Hypo|Hyper dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat choice morsel, tidbit, titbit a small tasty bit of food savory, savouryan aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre confection, sweeta food rich in sugar ambrosia, nectar(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal gelatin, jellyan edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods bone marrow, marrowvery tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones calf's-foot jellya savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet confectionerycandy and other sweets considered collectively confiturepreserved or candied fruit sweetmeata sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) candy, confecta rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts hardbakea British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds chewing gum, guma preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee applean apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) center, centrethe sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering comfitcandy containing a fruit or nut maraschino, maraschino cherrycherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur nonpareilcolored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies gelatin dessertjellied dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice or water aspicsavory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals a source of materials to nourish the body |
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