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

candy¹ /kanˈdi/

noun

A sweet of sugar boiled and crystallized (also suˈgar-canˈdy)

Any form of confectionery (N American; pl canˈdies)

Any hard drug, eg cocaine (slang)

transitive verb

To preserve or coat with sugar

To crystallize (sugar, etc)

To encrust

intransitive verb

To crystallize

To become encrusted

ORIGIN: Fr candi, from Ar qandah candy

canˈdied adjective

Encrusted or preserved with sugar

Sugared, flattering (obsolete)

candy apple noun (N American)

A toffee apple

canˈdy-ass noun (US sl)

A weak or feeble person

canˈdyfloss or (N American) cotton candy noun

canˈdyman noun (N American slang)

A drug pusher

candy store noun (N American)

A sweet shop or confectioners’

candy stripe noun

A textile fabric pattern, consisting of narrow coloured stripes on a white background at intervals equal or nearly equal to the width of the stripe

canˈdy-striped adjective

Patterned in this way

canˈdy-striper noun (N Am inf)

A female volunteer hospital nurse (from the red and white striped uniform)

candy1 /kanˈdi/