transcription, транскрипция: [ swi:t ]
( sweeter, sweetest, sweets)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Sweet food and drink contains a lot of sugar.
...a mug of sweet tea...
If the sauce seems too sweet, add a dash of red wine vinegar.
ADJ
• sweet‧ness
Florida oranges have a natural sweetness.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Sweets are small sweet things such as toffees, chocolates, and mints. ( BRIT; in AM, use candy )
N-COUNT
3.
A sweet is something sweet, such as fruit or a pudding, that you eat at the end of a meal, especially in a restaurant. ( BRIT; in AM, use dessert )
The sweet was a mousse flavoured with whisky.
= dessert
N-VAR
4.
A sweet smell is a pleasant one, for example the smell of a flower.
She’d baked some bread which made the air smell sweet.
ADJ
5.
If you describe something such as air or water as sweet , you mean that it smells or tastes pleasantly fresh and clean.
I gulped a breath of sweet air.
ADJ
6.
A sweet sound is pleasant, smooth, and gentle.
Her voice was as soft and sweet as a young girl’s.
...the sweet sounds of Mozart.
ADJ
• sweet‧ly
He sang much more sweetly than he has before.
ADV : usu ADV with v
7.
If you describe something as sweet , you mean that it gives you great pleasure and satisfaction. ( WRITTEN )
There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.
≠ bitter
ADJ
8.
If you describe someone as sweet , you mean that they are pleasant, kind, and gentle towards other people.
How sweet of you to think of me!
ADJ
• sweet‧ly
I just smiled sweetly and said no.
ADV : usu ADV with v
9.
If you describe a small person or thing as sweet , you mean that they are attractive in a simple or unsophisticated way. ( INFORMAL )
...a sweet little baby girl...
The house was really sweet.
= cute
ADJ
10.
see also sweetly , sweetness
11.
a sweet tooth: see tooth