sweets
[swˈits] /ˈswēt How to pronounce sweet (audio)/ (ame, mw)
sweets — 名詞
1. small pieces of candy or similar sugar-based treats that you eat one by one.
糖果
一顆一顆吃的甜糖
small pieces of candy or similar sugar-based treats that you eat one by one.
Andrés kept a bag of sweets in his desk for long meetings.
Andrés 在抽屜裡放了一袋糖果，準備應付冗長的會議。
a bag of sweets
The children shared fruit sweets while they waited for the train.
孩子們在等火車時分著吃水果糖。
Hana bought mint sweets at the pharmacy for her sore throat.
Hana 在藥局買了薄荷糖，想舒緩喉嚨痛。
A box of orange sweets sat beside the hotel reception desk.
一盒柳橙糖果放在飯店接待櫃檯旁邊。
- candy
the usual American English word
- confectionery
more formal and often used for the category or business
文法句型
a bag / box of sweets
buy sweets for + reason
用法筆記
Use this sense for separate pieces you can count or put in a bag or box. American English usually says candy here.
常見錯誤
2. foods that contain plenty of sugar, especially in conversations about diet, teet
甜食
含糖很多的食物
foods that contain plenty of sugar, especially in conversations about diet, teeth, or children.
Gabriel tries not to eat too many sweets before football practice.
Gabriel 盡量不在足球練習前吃太多甜食。
eat too many sweets
The dentist asked Piotr to cut down on sweets and fizzy drinks.
牙醫請 Piotr 少吃甜食和汽水。
cut down on sweets
During exam week, Élise lived on coffee, toast, and cheap sweets.
考試那一週，Élise 幾乎靠咖啡、吐司和便宜甜食撐過去。
Zayd keeps sweets on a high shelf away from the children.
Zayd 把甜食放在高架子上，不讓孩子們隨手拿到。
- sweet food
close in meaning but less idiomatic in everyday speech
- treats
broader; can include snacks that are not sugary
- savories
foods that are salty rather than sweet
文法句型
eat too many sweets
cut down on sweets
用法筆記
This sense treats sweets as a general type of unhealthy or enjoyable food, not as individual pieces. It is common in advice about teeth, diet, and children.
3. the sweet dish eaten after the main part of a meal; dessert.
甜點
正餐後吃的甜味餐點
the sweet dish eaten after the main part of a meal; dessert.
At school today, sweets were apple pie and warm custard.
今天學校的甜點是蘋果派配熱卡士達醬。
sweets were + dish
Lien skipped sweets because she was already full after lunch.
Lien 午餐後已經很飽了，所以沒吃甜點。
The menu includes coffee or sweets after the main course.
這份菜單在主餐後提供咖啡或甜點。
On Sundays, Folake's family usually has fruit salad for sweets.
每到星期天，Folake 家通常會用水果沙拉當甜點。
- main course
the savoury part of the meal eaten before sweets
文法句型
have sweets after + meal
for sweets
用法筆記
This British sense means the sweet course of a meal. American English usually says dessert, and British English also often uses pudding in everyday speech.