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candy

/kan-dee/US // ˈkæn di //UK // (ˈkændɪ) //

糖果,饼干,蜡烛,巧克力

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural can·dies.

    • : any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
    • : a single piece of such a confection.
    • : Slang. cocaine.
    • : someone or something that is pleasing or pleasurable, usually in a superficial way: The show is candy, but enjoy it for what it is. See also arm candy, ear candy, eye candy.
v.有主动词 verb
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    can·died, can·dy·ing.

    • : to cook in sugar or syrup, as sweet potatoes or carrots.
    • : to cook in heavy syrup until transparent, as fruit, fruit peel, or ginger.
    • : to reduce to a crystalline form, usually by boiling down.
    • : to coat with sugar: to candy dates.
    • : to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable.
v.无主动词 verb
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    can·died, can·dy·ing.

    • : to become covered with sugar.
    • : to crystallize into sugar.

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Examples

  • Self-consumption has always been a massive part of the holiday and may end up salvaging sales for candy makers this year.

  • She added that if trick-or-treating is lower than expected, Hershey will focus on the “Treat for Me and Candy Bowl occasion”—industry-speak for people buying candy that they will end up eating themselves.

  • The holiday is basically an “excuse to buy candy,” says Dickerson.

  • The inside shop is full of Nordic products, from sodas to mustards to mints and candies.

  • It is a nontoxic substance often used in candy to bind ingredients together.

  • In fact, that candy store is heavy industry, with all the mess that entails.

  • Another returned a printer box stuffed with a candy-filled piñata.

  • These medications will not continue to work when we need them if they are handed out like candy.

  • Meanwhile younger, lighter colors evoke citrus and tree fruits, candy sugars and vanilla toffee.

  • Not just a candy factory but a candy store, and everything in it free.

  • Clarence's papa said the candy had better be eaten by monkeys than by boys; but I doubt whether Clarence was of that opinion.

  • He fed the monkeys with candy, and laughed to see them hang by their tails while they took it from his hand.

  • It is extremely soluble in water, and can be obtained in large transparent prismatic crystals, as in common sugar-candy.

  • Four miles before reaching Candy, we came to the river Mahavilaganga, which is spanned by a masterly bridge of one arch.

  • In my opinion, the situation of Candy is most beautiful, but many affirm that it is too near the mountains, and lies in a pit.