Candied fruit or nuts have been cooked slowly in sugar syrup until the sugar soaks all the way in. This does two things: it makes them very sweet, and it keeps them from going bad, which is why people did it long before refrigerators. Candied orange peel, candied ginger, candied chestnuts, candied cherries on top of a cake — these are the ones you meet most.

Candied fruit or nuts have been cooked slowly in sugar syrupcandied的水果或堅果是用糖漿慢慢煮過的 until the sugar soaks all the way in煮到糖完全滲進去為止。This does two things這樣做有兩個效果: it makes them very sweet讓它們變得非常甜, and it keeps them from going bad也能防止腐壞, which is why people did it long before refrigerators所以在冰箱發明之前，人們就已經這樣做了。Candied orange peel, candied ginger, candied chestnuts, candied cherries on top of a cake糖漬橙皮、糖漬薑、糖漬栗子，還有蛋糕上的糖漬櫻桃 — these are the ones you meet most這些是你最常遇到的。

The word is an adjective now, but it started as the past form of a verb 'to candy', meaning to cook in sugar. Almost nobody says 'I candied the peel' in daily talk any more, though cooks and recipe writers still do, so the verb is not dead, just quiet.

The word is an adjective now這個字現在是形容詞, but it started as the past form of a verb 'to candy'不過它原本是動詞to candy的過去式, meaning to cook in sugar意思是用糖煮。Almost nobody says 'I candied the peel' in daily talk any more現在日常對話幾乎沒有人會說I candied the peel（我把果皮糖漬了）, though cooks and recipe writers still do不過廚師和食譜作者還是會這樣說, so the verb is not dead, just quiet所以這個動詞並沒有消失，只是很少人用了。

Two other uses to know. American cooking has 'candied yams' (sweet potatoes baked with sugar and butter) which is a hot side dish at Thanksgiving, not a sweet snack. And people use candied for words and feelings: a 'candied smile' or 'candied words' means sweetened on purpose, and therefore probably not sincere — the same suspicion Chinese carries in 甜言蜜語.

Two other uses to know還有兩個用法值得知道。American cooking has 'candied yams' (sweet potatoes baked with sugar and butter)美式料理裡有candied yams（用糖和奶油烤的地瓜） which is a hot side dish at Thanksgiving這是感恩節的一道熱食配菜, not a sweet snack不是甜點零食。And people use candied for words and feelings另外，candied也可以用在言語和情感上: a 'candied smile' or 'candied words' means sweetened on purposea candied smile或candied words意思是刻意裝出來的甜, and therefore probably not sincere所以聽起來大概不是真心的 — the same suspicion Chinese carries in 甜言蜜語跟中文「甜言蜜語」的那種懷疑一樣。

Remember also that British and American English disagree about candy itself: in Britain 'candy' is mostly the American word for sweets, but 'candied fruit' is normal in both.

Remember also that British and American English disagree about candy itself另外要記得，英式和美式英語對candy這個字本身的用法不太一樣: in Britain 'candy' is mostly the American word for sweets在英國，candy大多被當作糖果的美式說法, but 'candied fruit' is normal in both但candied fruit（糖漬水果）在兩邊都很常見。