semi-sweet
semi-sweet — 形容詞
1. tasting only a little sweet, with a touch of bitterness behind the sugar
微甜的
略帶甜味、又有一點苦味的口感
tasting only a little sweet, with a touch of bitterness behind the sugar
Kwame melted some semi-sweet chocolate to pour over the warm pancakes.
Kwame 融了一些微甜巧克力，淋在溫熱的鬆餅上。
semi-sweet + food noun (chocolate)
The bakery near the harbour sells small semi-sweet cookies every Friday morning.
港口附近那家麵包店每週五早上都會賣小顆的微甜餅乾。
Eve poured a glass of semi-sweet white wine for each dinner guest.
Eve 為每位晚餐客人倒了一杯微甜的白酒。
semi-sweet describing a drink
The dark, semi-sweet sauce was perfect over the grilled chicken and rice.
那道深色、微甜的醬汁淋在烤雞和白飯上剛剛好。
Many cooks prefer semi-sweet chips because they melt cleanly without tasting too sugary.
許多廚師偏好微甜巧克力豆，因為它融化得乾淨，又不會太甜膩。
contrast with 'too sugary' shows the partly-sweet sense
- semi-sweet chocolate
- semi-sweet wine
- semi-sweet chips
- bittersweet
leans more toward the bitter side than semi-sweet
- lightly sweetened
plainer, everyday wording for the same idea
- sugary
strongly and obviously sweet
- unsweetened
no added sugar at all
文法句型
semi-sweet + food noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before a food or drink noun (chocolate, wine, cookies), describing a flavour midway between sugary and plain. Rarely used after 'be'.