sugarcoat

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈʃʊɡəˌkəʊt/    美 /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To coat with sugar. transitive
  2. To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to. figuratively,transitive
    — There's no way to sugarcoat the loss of the space shuttle; it was an unmitigated disaster.

词形变化

sugarcoats present,singular,third-person sugarcoating participle,present sugarcoated participle,past sugarcoated past sugar coat alternative sugar-coat alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
sugarcoat a bitter pill sugarcoated sugarcoating
并列词
glaze

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
Old Italian zuccherobor.
Old French çucrebor.
Middle English sugre
English sugar
Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor.
Latin cotta
Old French cottebor.
Middle English cote
English coat
English sugarcoat
From sugar + coat; figurative sense from the practice of coating medicinal tablets or pills with sugar in order to disguise their unpleasant taste (sugarcoating the pill).
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