sugar

sug‧ar 1 S2 W3 / ʃʊɡə $ -ər / 名词

1 [不可数名词] a sweet white or brown substance that is obtained from plants and used to make food and drinks sweet :

Do you take sugar in your coffee?

2 [可数名词] British English the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold :

How many sugars do you want in your tea?

3 [可数名词] technical one of several sweet substances formed in plants

4 spoken used to address someone you like very much

COLLOCATIONS

短语

a teaspoon/spoonful of sugar The drink contains seven teaspoons of sugar per can.

a lump of sugar ( also a sugar lump ) (= a small block of sugar ) He put three lumps of sugar in his coffee.

动词

take sugar (= have sugar in your tea or coffee ) ‘Do you take sugar?’ ‘No, thank you.’

sprinkle something with sugar Sprinkle the cake with sugar.

sugar dissolves (= becomes part of a liquid ) Stir until the sugar has dissolved.