sugar

noun

/ˈʃʊɡə(r)/

/ˈʃʊɡər/

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[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。
see also barley sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, caster sugar, granulated sugar, icing sugar, maple sugar, spun sugar
Extra Examples
- Bring 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 Dictionary
adjective
- raw
- unrefined
- processed
- …
… of sugar
- kilo
- pound
- etc.
- …
verb + sugar
- add
- put in
- put on
- …
sugar + verb
- dissolve
sugar + noun
- cube
- lump
- bowl
- …
phrases
- 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
- How many sugars do you take in coffee?您在咖啡里放几块方糖？
[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。
see also blood sugar
Extra Examples
- simple sugars, such as glucose葡萄糖等单糖
- Fructose is a fruit sugar.左旋糖是一种果糖。
Topics Fooda1
[uncountable] (informal, especially North American English) a way of addressing somebody that you like or love（爱称）宝贝儿，亲爱的
- See you later, sugar.回头见，亲爱的。

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.

sugar

verb

/ˈʃʊɡə(r)/

/ˈʃʊɡər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they sugar	/ˈʃʊɡə(r)/ /ˈʃʊɡər/
he / she / it sugars	/ˈʃʊɡəz/ /ˈʃʊɡərz/
past simple sugared	/ˈʃʊɡəd/ /ˈʃʊɡərd/
past participle sugared	/ˈʃʊɡəd/ /ˈʃʊɡərd/
-ing form sugaring	/ˈʃʊɡərɪŋ/ /ˈʃʊɡərɪŋ/

Idioms

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sugar something to add sugar to something; to cover something in sugar在…中加糖；在…上撒糖；给…裹上糖衣
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.

Idioms

sugar/sweeten the pill

to do something that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant药里加糖；缓和情况；缓解苦感 synonym sugar-coat

sugar

exclamation

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used to show that you are annoyed when you do something stupid or when something goes wrong (to avoid saying ‘shit’)（做了蠢事或出现差错时表示懊恼，用作 shit 的委婉语）哎呀，真是的
- Oh sugar! I've forgotten my book!哎呀！我忘记带书了！
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.