sweetener

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
    — Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm.
  2. Something given or added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback. informal
  3. A shill bidder at an auction. slang

词形变化

sweeteners plural

词汇关系

近义词
gift and Thesaurus:bribe
衍生词
artificial sweetener

词源

Etymology tree
English sweeten
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English sweetener
From sweeten + -er (agent suffix).
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