bittersweet

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈbɪtɚˌswit/|[ˈbɪɾɚˌswiʔt̚]|/ˌbɪtɚˈswit/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara). countable,uncountable
    — Bitter ſweete bringeth foorth wooddie ſtalks as doth the Vine, parted into many ſlender creeping braunches, by which it climeth and taketh holde of hedges and ſhrubbes next vnto it. […] Bitter ſweet doth grow in moiſt places about ditches, riuers, and hedges, almoſt euery where.
  2. Bittersweetness. countable,uncountable
    — I had once before visited these three villages, Skedans, Tanoo and Cumshewa. The bitter-sweet of their overwhelming loneliness created a longing to return to them.
  3. A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds. US,countable,uncountable
    — Over by the creek-bed scarlet-flamed sumac shouldered the silver-green of the willows, and orange-colored bittersweet crept through the tangle of wild plums.
  4. A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste. countable,uncountable
    — "They had a good crop of bitter-sweets, they couldn’t grind them all"—nodding towards an orchard where some heaps of apples had been left lying ever since the ingathering.
  5. Any variety of clam in the family Glycymerididae countable,uncountable
  6. A pinkish-orange color. Any color in between scarlet and orange. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Both bitter and sweet.
    — bittersweet chocolate
  2. Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure. figuratively
    — The break-up was very bittersweet; they both hurt to end it, but were glad it was over.
  3. Of bittersweet color (see the noun section, below).

词形变化

more bittersweet comparative most bittersweet superlative bitter-sweet alternative bittersweets plural bitter-sweet alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bittersweetly bittersweetness American bittersweet oriental bittersweet

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bitterswete, biterswete, equivalent to bitter + sweet. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bitterswäit (“bittersweet”), West Frisian bittersoet (“bittersweet”), Dutch bitterzoet (“bittersweet”), German bittersüß (“bittersweet”), Danish bittersød (“bittersweet”), Swedish bittersöt (“bittersweet”).
词源 2
From Middle English bitterswete, biterswete, equivalent to bitter + sweet. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bitterswäit (“bittersweet”), West Frisian bittersoet (“bittersweet”), Dutch bitterzoet (“bittersweet”), German bittersüß (“bittersweet”), Danish bittersød (“bittersweet”), Swedish bittersöt (“bittersweet”).
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