sweetmeat

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sweet delicacy; a confection.
    — At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.
  2. Sweetheart; darling. informal
    — “Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered.

词形变化

sweetmeats plural sweatmeat alternative,obsolete

词源

From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).
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