candy

noun

/ˈkændi/

[uncountable, countable]

(plural candies)

(North American English)Idioms

sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this糖果；巧克力；一块糖（或巧克力） synonym sweet
- a box of candy一盒糖果
- a candy store糖果店
- a candy bar一条巧克力
- Who wants the last piece of candy?谁想要这最后一块糖？
- She had enough candies in her pocket for all the children.她口袋里有足够所有孩子吃的糖果。
see also arm candy, brain candy, eye candy, hard candy, penny candy, rock candyTopics Fooda2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- butterscotch
- chocolate
- licorice
- …
verb + candy
- eat
- unwrap
- hand out
- …
candy + noun
- wrapper
- bar
- aisle
- …
phrases
- like taking candy from a baby
词源mid 17th cent. (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’.

Idioms

be like taking candy from a baby

(informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do something像从娃娃手里抢糖吃；手到擒来；轻而易举
- I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby.我原以为为项目筹集资金会很困难，没想到这么容易，犹如囊中取物。

词汇	candy
释义	candy noun /ˈkændi/ /ˈkændi/ [uncountable, countable] (plural candies) (North American English)Idioms sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this糖果；巧克力；一块糖（或巧克力） synonym sweet a box of candy一盒糖果 a candy store糖果店 a candy bar一条巧克力 Who wants the last piece of candy?谁想要这最后一块糖？ She had enough candies in her pocket for all the children.她口袋里有足够所有孩子吃的糖果。 see also arm candy, brain candy, eye candy, hard candy, penny candy, rock candyTopics Fooda2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective butterscotch chocolate licorice … verb + candy eat unwrap hand out … candy + noun wrapper bar aisle … phrases like taking candy from a baby 词源mid 17th cent. (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’. Idioms be like taking candy from a baby (informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do something像从娃娃手里抢糖吃；手到擒来；轻而易举 I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby.我原以为为项目筹集资金会很困难，没想到这么容易，犹如囊中取物。
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