candy

• vt. 用糖煮；使結晶為砂糖；美化
• vi. 糖煮；成為結晶
• n. 糖果（等於sweets）；冰糖（等於sugar candy，rock candy）；毒品
• adj. 新潮的（服飾）；甜言蜜語的

來自印度語。

candy (n.)

late 13c., "crystalized sugar," from Old French çucre candi "sugar candy," ultimately from Arabic qandi, from Persian qand "cane sugar," probably from Sanskrit khanda "piece (of sugar)," perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil kantu "candy," kattu "to harden, condense").

candy (v.)

1530s, from candy (n.). Related: Candied; candying.

1. Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.

喬還有一個怪癖，就是喜歡不停地嚼硬糖。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy.

那時候，電視中的女性大多都被看作花瓶。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She returns to the big screen to play Candy's overbearing mother, Rose.

她又重返大銀幕，扮演坎迪專橫的母親羅絲。

來自柯林斯例句

4. a box of candy

一盒糖果

來自《權威詞典》

5. This candy is so hard that no one can chew it.

這種糖太硬,沒人嚼得動.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》