Sugar is the new tobacco.

                                                               ——Cynthia Kenyon

糖是一种新型烟草。

                                                              ——凯尼恩

一、sugar的意思,你知道多少?

 

n.

1.食糖 [U]

You had better stock up with sugar because there is going to be a shortage.

你最好购进食糖,因为市场上马上就要缺货了。

 

2.一匙糖;一块方糖 [C]

I used three scoops of flour and one scoop of sugar.

我用了三勺面粉和一勺糖。

 

3.[usually pl.](植物、水果等所含的)糖 [C]

Unless reagent grade sucrose is available use cane sugar.

如果没有试剂级的蔗糖,可以用甘蔗糖。

 

4.【口】【美】(爱称)宝贝儿,亲爱的 [U]

As long as the Yankees hate us so, Sugar.

只要北方佬还恨我们,我们就得过下去,宝贝儿。

 

v.

5.在...中加糖;在...上撒糖;给...裹上糖衣 [T]

Is this tea sugared?

这茶放糖了吗?

 

二、词义辨析:同样有“糖”意思的词

 

candy, sweets, sugar

这些词均有“糖”之意。

candy和sweets表糖果时,前者为美国英语,后者为英国用词。

sugar侧重指用甘蔗或甜菜制成的糖。

 

三、含有sugar的常见短语

 

brown sugar

n.红糖

 

cane sugar

n. 蔗糖

 

fruit sugar

n. 果糖

 

spun sugar

n. 棉花糖

 

sugar candy

n. 冰糖,甜蜜的东西

 

四、一起玩个小游戏吧

Ice cream is high in fat and       .

冰激凌富含脂肪和糖。