sweetness

英 [ˈswiːtnəs]

美 [ˈswiːtnəs]

n.  令人愉快; 讨人喜欢; 甜; 芬芳

复数：sweetnesses　

CET6

BNC.12041 / COCA.9462

习惯用语

n.

be (all) sweetness and light
• 和蔼可亲；温文尔雅
  to be pleasant, friendly and polite
• 简单而有趣
  to be enjoyable and easy to deal with

牛津词典

noun

• 令人愉快；讨人喜欢
  the quality of being pleasant
  1. a smile of great sweetness
     十分甜蜜的微笑
• 甜；芬芳
  the quality of tasting or smelling sweet
  1. The air was filled with the sweetness of mimosa.
     空气中弥漫着含羞草的芬芳。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE (关系)友好;(情况)令人愉快，顺利
  If you say that a relationship or situation is notall sweetness and light, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it appears to be.
  1. It has not all been sweetness and light between him and the Prime Minister.
     他和首相的关系并不总是那么愉快融洽。
• See also:sweet

英英释义

noun

• the quality of giving pleasure
  1. he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner
  2. the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day
  Synonym:pleasantness
• a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
  Synonym:bouquetfragrancefragrancyredolence
• the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
  Synonym:sweet
• the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
  Synonym:sweetsugariness

双语例句

• We must work for sweetness and light.
  我们必须为甜蜜和光明而工作。
• It has not all been sweetness and light between him and the Prime Minister.
  他和首相的关系并不总是那么愉快融洽。
• You have harvested the sweetness, just taste it!
  品尝你收获的甜蜜吧！
• Sweetness is abstract, sugar is concrete.
  “甜”是抽象的，“糖”是具体的。
• The dark silence is already full of sweetness.
  漆黑的安静就已经充满了甜甜蜜蜜了。
• This elegant wine balances natural acidity and sweetness.
  这家典雅的葡萄酒平衡酸度和甜度自然。
• He's not all sweetness and light.
  他并不总是很甜美、很光明的一个角色。
• It offers pineapple and honeydew melon aroma, feels like the sweetness of honey.
  散发着菠萝和蜜瓜的香气，感觉蜂蜜的丝丝甜味。
• I hope my life is full of happiness and sweetness, happiness and smile!
  我希望我的生活永远充满着幸福、甜蜜、快乐和微笑！
• Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
  我就吃了，口中觉得其甜如蜜。