sweet-talk
英 ['swi:tt?:k]
美
- vt. 奉承；用花言巧語勸誘
- vi. 奉承；用花言巧語勸誘；講甜言蜜語
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?sweet-talks;過去式:?sweet-talked;過去分詞:?sweet-talked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sweet-talking;名詞:?sweet talk;
英文詞源
- sweet-talk (v.)
- Sweet-talk, 1935, from noun phrase; see sweet (adj.) + talk (n.). Earliest usages seem to refer to conversation between black and white in segregated U.S.
"I ain' gonna stay heah no longah. Don' nevah keer, ef I do git cotched--or die. Tha's bettah than to stay heah an' listen to Maw Haney sweet-talk the white folks, whilst they drives us clean to the grave. ..." ["The Crisis," July 1935]
Latin had suaviloquens, literally "sweet-spoken."
雙語例句
- 1. There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.
- 幾乎沒有比復仇更爽的事情了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.
- 谷倉里彌漫著新糞酸甜的氣味。
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- 3. Her voice was as soft and sweet as a young girl's.
- 她的聲音如少女般柔美悅耳。
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- 4. Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.
- 苦中帶甜的酒發(fā)揮了奇效，我們的精神隨之振奮起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Add more honey if you have a sweet tooth.
- 如果你喜歡吃甜的就多加點蜂蜜。
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