- [uncountable]
a sweet substance, often in the form of white or brown crystals, made from the juices of various plants, used in cooking or to make tea, coffee, etc. sweeter 食糖 Do you take sugar (= have it in your tea, coffee, etc.)? 您放糖吗？ Serve the cake warm or cold, sprinkled with sugar. 将蛋糕加热或冷却，撒上糖。 This juice contains no added sugar. 这种果汁没有加糖。 a sugar bowl 糖钵 a sugar plantation/refinery 甘蔗种植园/精炼厂 He stirred another spoonful of sugar into his tea. 他又往茶里拌了一勺糖。
Extra ExamplesBring to a boil to dissolve the sugar. 将水烧开，使糖溶解。 Most junk food is high in sugar. 大多数垃圾食品含糖量高。 a high sugar intake 大量的糖分摄入
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- raw
- unrefined
- processed
- …
- kilo
- pound
- etc.
- …
- add
- put in
- put on
- …
- dissolve
- cube
- lump
- bowl
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- high sugar content
- low sugar content
- reduced sugar content
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- [countable]
the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold or that is contained in a small cube, added to tea, coffee, etc. 一匙糖；一块方糖 - [countable, usually plural] (specialist)
any of various sweet substances that are found naturally in plants, fruit, etc. （植物、水果等所含的）糖 fruit sugars 果糖 Fruit juices contain natural sugars. 果汁含有天然糖分。
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1simple sugars, such as glucose 葡萄糖等单糖 Fructose is a fruit sugar. 左旋糖是一种果糖。
- [uncountable] (informal, especially North American English)
a way of addressing somebody that you like or love （爱称）宝贝儿，亲爱的
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.