sweeten 音标拼音: [sw'itən]
vt . 使变甜,加糖于,使悦耳,使温和,减轻
vi . 变甜
使变甜,加糖於,使悦耳,使温和,减轻变甜
sweeten v 1 :
make sweeter in taste [
synonym : {
sweeten }, {
dulcify },
{
edulcorate }, {
dulcorate }] [
ant : {
acetify }, {
acidify },
{
acidulate }, {
sour }]
2 :
make sweeter ,
more pleasant ,
or more agreeable ; "
sweeten a deal "
Sweeten \
Sweet "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Sweetened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Sweetening }.] [
See {
Sweet },
a .]
1 .
To make sweet to the taste ;
as ,
to sweeten tea .
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2 .
To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings ;
as ,
to sweeten life ;
to sweeten friendship .
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3 .
To make mild or kind ;
to soften ;
as ,
to sweeten the temper .
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4 .
To make less painful or laborious ;
to relieve ;
as ,
to sweeten the cares of life . --
Dryden .
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And sweeten every secret tear . --
Keble .
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5 .
To soften to the eye ;
to make delicate .
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Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures ,
and by sweetening his lights and shadows ,
and melting them into each other . --
Dryden .
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6 .
To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter ;
as ,
to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected ;
to sweeten the air .
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7 .
To make warm and fertile ; --
opposed to sour ;
as ,
to dry and sweeten soils .
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8 .
To restore to purity ;
to free from taint ;
as ,
to sweeten water ,
butter ,
or meat .
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Sweeten \
Sweet "
en \,
v .
i .
To become sweet . --
Bacon .
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sweeten ":
allay ,
alleviate ,
appease ,
assuage ,
bleach ,
bowdlerize ,
brighten ,
candy ,
clean ,
clean out ,
clean up ,
cleanse ,
clear out ,
conciliate ,
delouse ,
depurate ,
deterge ,
dress up ,
dry -
clean ,
dulcify ,
dust ,
dust off ,
ease ,
edulcorate ,
embellish ,
embroider ,
expurgate ,
freshen ,
gild ,
gild the lily ,
glaze ,
honey ,
lighten ,
lustrate ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
mollify ,
mull ,
palliate ,
placate ,
propitiate ,
purge ,
purify ,
reform ,
saccharify ,
scavenge ,
soften ,
spruce ,
steam -
clean ,
sugar ,
sugar off ,
sugarcoat ,
sweep out ,
temper ,
tidy ,
whiten ,
wipe ,
wipe off ,
wipe out ,
wipe up
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