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Picture something sweet that melts in your mouth in twenty seconds: lovely while it lasts, gone in a moment, and it fills nothing. That double quality — instantly pleasant, and no substance — is what lets English hang the word on things you look at or listen to as well.

可以想成:一顆糖在嘴裡二十秒就化掉——含著的時候很享受,一下子就沒了,而且完全不會飽。這個字同時裝著兩件事:立刻的愉更多收起可以想成:一顆糖在嘴裡二十秒就化掉——含著的時候很享受,一下子就沒了,而且完全不會飽。這個字同時裝著兩件事:立刻的愉悅,還有「沒有實質」。正因為有後面那一半,英文才能把它掛到用看的、用聽的東西上,形容那些好看好聽但沒什麼內容的東西。

From the picture

好看好聽但沒內容

借的是糖的第二個特質:入口就爽、但吃不飽。把這個特質搬到眼睛和耳朵上,就成了「賞心悅目卻沒營養」的說法。

shallow entertainment · noun · B2

Something that is fun or nice to look at or listen to, but is not serious or deep — as in eye candy, ear candy, or brain candy.

沒營養的娛樂

Also in this word

sweet treat · noun · A2

A sweet food made from sugar or chocolate. (American English)

糖果

原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Candyname詞源 1/ˈkændi/

  • 1

    A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

Candyname詞源 2

  • 1

    historicalThe Mediterranean island of Crete.

    • Assure thy selfe that as for me I never will agree That Candie Joves owne foster place (as long as I there raigne) Shall unto such a monstruous Wight a Harbrow place remaine.
    • Orsino, this is that Antonio That took the Phoenix and her fraught from Candy; And this is he that did the Tiger board, When your young nephew Titus lost his leg:

Candyname詞源 3

  • 1

    historicalThe Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island.

    • Mr. W. H. GREGORY, the accomplished Member for Galway, goes to Ceylon as Governor. […] A pleasant exile, and a safe return, are Mr. Punch’s sweet wishes to him who departeth for Candy.
  • 2

    historicalThe city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.

    • The First is the City of Candy, so generally called by the Christians, probably from Conde, which in the Chingulays Language signifies Hills, for among them it is situated […]

Candyname詞源 4

  • 1

    A surname.

    • Suddenly, to his horror, Mr Candy found himself in what Ma would have called a terrible two-and-eight.
    • The phone was then handed over to the other perpetrating programmer of SPECTACLE who described himself as 'the other Simon' who talked me through some of the program's low spots while Robin Candy punched the buttons on the Spectrum.

candynoun詞源 1/ˈkæn.di/

  • 1

    Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.

  • 2

    Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.

    • They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.
  • 3

    A piece of confectionery of this kind.

    • Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.
  • 4

    slangcrack cocaine.

  • 5

    An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.

    • candy kid; candy raver
    • Then while our hands were still connected, he slid a colorful beaded bracelet among the many others he had off of his arm and then onto my wrist without having to break our intertwined hands. "And there you have it! Your first piece of kandi."

candyverb詞源 1/ˈkæn.di/

  • 1

    cookingfoodlifestyleTo cook in or coat with sugar syrup.

  • 2

    To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup.

    • Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.
  • 3

    To become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass.

candynoun詞源 2/ˈkæn.di/

  • 1

    obsoleteA unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。