saccharine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈsækəɹaɪn/|/-ɹɪn/|/-ɹiːn/|/ˈsækɹɪn/    /ˈsækəɹɪn/|/-ɹən/|/ˈsækɹɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar. dated,uncountable
  2. Alternative spelling of saccharin. alt-of,alternative
  3. Sentimentalism. figuratively,uncountable
    — If Captain Archie Blaine regarded these outpourings as so much adolescent saccharine he never revealed it by a single word, a smile or the flicker of an eye.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to sugar; sugary. dated
  2. Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). not-comparable
  3. Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar. dated
  4. Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. derogatory,figuratively
  5. Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

词形变化

more saccharine comparative most saccharine superlative saccharines plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
Pali sakkharābor.
Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor.
New Latin saccharon
New Latin saccharum
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English saccharine
From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), from Pali sakkharā (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”).
词源 2
From saccharin + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
词源 3
A variant of saccharin.
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