| 单词 |
over-sweet |
| 释义 |
ˈover-ˈsweet, a. [over- 28.] Too sweet. So ˌover-ˈsweeten v.; ˈover-ˈsweetness.
1584Cogan Haven Health (1636) 25 Bread over sweet is a stopper, and bread over-salt is a drier. 1759S. Fielding C'tess of Dellwyn I. 287 Whomsoever Over-sweetness disgusted. 1901Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 2/1 For a generation which has discarded sugar, are they not over-sweetened? 1935[see icky, ikky a. and n.]. 1951S. Spender World within World v. 267 At the end of a lecture on the effect of gases.., I hid for half an hour in a telephone box, overwhelmed by the vision of human beings asphyxiating one another in poisonous over-sweet scents. 1976Times 20 Oct. 14/7 The 2½-lb Christmas puddings..taste fine, if a bit over-sweet. |

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