外面那層真的糖
這一族就是核心畫面本身，糖是真的糖，摸得到也吃得到。
adjective · B1
Covered on the outside with a thin hard layer of sugar.
裹著糖衣的
核心畫面
Think of a bitter pill with a thin sweet shell around it. The hard thing is still there, whole and unchanged; only the outside has been made pleasant. Every use of this word can be held in that one picture — a peanut, a tablet, or a story about the past.
這個字的畫面可以想成一顆苦藥丸，外面裹著薄薄一層糖。裡面那顆藥完全沒有變，只是外面變好入口了。糖衣花生是這樣，糖衣錠…更多收起
這個字的畫面可以想成一顆苦藥丸，外面裹著薄薄一層糖。裡面那顆藥完全沒有變，只是外面變好入口了。糖衣花生是這樣，糖衣錠是這樣，連一段被講得很美好的往事也是這樣。看到 sugar-coated，就可以先問一句：那層糖底下是什麼？Two branches
話說得好聽一點
把糖衣錠的畫面原封不動搬到說話上：難聽的事實還在底下，上面鋪了一層好聽的。
adjective · B2
Made to look or sound nicer, sweeter or easier than it really is, so that people will take it more readily.
包了糖衣的、粉飾過的