sweet

• adj. 甜的；悅耳的；芳香的；親切的
• n. 糖果；樂趣；芳香；寶貝
• （俚）酷斃了
• n. (Sweet)人名；(英)斯威特

來自古英語 swete,甜的，愉悅的，來自 Proto-Germanic*swotja,甜的，來自 PIE*swad,甜的， 詞源同 suasion,persuade.引申諸相關詞義。

sweet

sweet: [OE] Sweet is part of an ancient family of ‘sweet’-words that goes back to the Indo- European base *swād-. From this evolved Greek hēdús ‘sweet’ (and also hēdoné ‘pleasure’, source of English hedonism [19]), Latin suāvis ‘sweet, pleasant’ (source of English suave) and suādēre ‘advise’ (source of English dissuade and persuade), and Sanskrit svādús ‘pleasanttasting’.

Its Germanic descendant was *swōtja-, which evolved into German süss, Dutch zoot, Swedish s?t, Danish s?d, and English sweet. The use of the noun sweet for a ‘piece of confectionery’ (presumably short for sweetmeat [15]) dates from the mid-19th century.
=> dissuade, hedonism, persuade, suave

sweet (adj.)

Old English swete "pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings; having a pleasant disposition," from Proto-Germanic *swotja- (cognates: Old Saxon swoti, Old Frisian swet, Swedish s?t, Danish s?d, Middle Dutch soete, Dutch zoet, Old High German swuozi, German sü?), from PIE root *swad- "sweet, pleasant" (Sanskrit svadus "sweet;" Greek hedys "sweet, pleasant, agreeable," hedone "pleasure;" Latin suavis "pleasant" (not especially of taste), suadere "to advise," properly "to make something pleasant to"). Words for "sweet" in Indo-European languages typically are used for other sense as well and in general for "pleasing."

Then come kiss me, sweet-and-twenty!
Youth's a stuff will not endure.
["Twelfth Night"]

Also "being in a sound or wholesome state" (mid-13c.), and, of water, "fresh, not salt" (late Old English). As an intensifier from 1958. Sweet in bed (c. 1300) was the equivalent of modern "good in bed." To be sweet on someone is first recorded 1690s. Sweet sixteen first recorded 1767. Sweet dreams as a parting to one going to sleep is attested from 1897, short for sweet dreams to you, etc. Sweet-and-sour in cookery is from 1723 and not originally of oriental food. Sweet nothings "sentimental trivialities" is from 1900. Sweet spot is from 1976, first in reference to tennis rackets. Sweet corn is from 1640s.

sweet (n.)

c. 1300, "something sweet to the taste," also "beloved one," from sweet (adj.); the specific meaning "candy drop" is 1851 (earlier sweetie, 1721). Meaning "one who is dear to another" is from 14c. Old English swete (n.) meant "sweetness."

1. There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.

幾乎沒有比復仇更爽的事情了。

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2. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.

谷倉里彌漫著新糞酸甜的氣味。

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3. Her voice was as soft and sweet as a young girl's.

她的聲音如少女般柔美悅耳。

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4. Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.

苦中帶甜的酒發揮了奇效，我們的精神隨之振奮起來。

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5. Add more honey if you have a sweet tooth.

如果你喜歡吃甜的就多加點蜂蜜。

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