sugar-free

/ˌʃʊɡə ˈfriː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʃʊɡər ˈfriː/ (ame, ipa)

sugar-free — adjective

1. describing a food or drink that has been made without any sugar, often using a s

1.形容詞B1
釋義

describing a food or drink that has been made without any sugar, often using a sugar substitute to give a sweet taste

例句

Elena bought a box of sugar-free cookies for her daily tea break.

sugar-free + noun (cookies, drink, gum, jam)

After his diagnosis, Brian switched to sugar-free soft drinks instead of regular soda.

switch to + sugar-free + noun as a dietary change

同義詞
  • sugarless

    less common alternative; same meaning but rarely used on product labels

  • unsweetened

    different meaning — no sweetener of any kind (neither sugar nor artificial sweetener)

反義詞
  • sugary

    contains a lot of sugar

  • sweetened

    sugar or another sweetener has been added

文法句型

sugar-free + noun

be + sugar-free

用法筆記

Commonly appears on food and drink labels. The term 'sugar-free' means no sugar at all, whereas 'no added sugar' allows natural sugars already present in the food.

常見錯誤

❌This apple juice is sugar-free' (when it contains natural fruit sugars).
✅This diet cola is sugar-free.
💡'Sugar-free' means the product contains no sugar of any kind; fruit juices with natural sugars are not sugar-free even if no extra sugar was added.
❌I bought sugar-free-free cookies' (repeating the suffix).
✅I bought sugar-free cookies.
💡The suffix '-free' already conveys 'without', so do not add another negative word.