sweetとは

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /swiːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /swit/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /swiːt/
• 韻: -iːt
• Homophone: suite

形容詞

sweet (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)

1. Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

   a sweet apple

2. Having a taste of sugar.
   • 2018 May 16, Adam Rogers, Wired, "The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel":

     A few types of molecules get sensed by receptors on the tongue. Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades.

3. (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

   Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

4. Not having a salty taste.

   sweet butter

5. Having a pleasant smell.

   a sweet scent.

   • 1838, Longfellow, "Voices of the Night: The Reaper and the Flowers":

     The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.

6. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

   sweet milk

7. Having a pleasant sound.

   a sweet tune

   • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, A Scarlet Letter, Ticknor and Fields, page 135:

     a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful

8. Having a pleasing disposition.

   a sweet child

9. Having a helpful disposition.

   It was sweet of him to help out.

10. (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

    sweet soil

    sweet crude oil

11. (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

    The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.

    • 14 November 2014, Steven Haliday, Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero

      GORDON Strachan enjoyed the sweetest of his 16 matches in charge of Scotland so far as his team enhanced their prospects of Euro 2016 qualification with a crucial and deserved victory over Republic of Ireland.

12. (informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamoured with , fond of

    The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.

13. (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.

    sweet water

    • 1826, Francis Bacon, The Works of Francis Bacon, page 66:

      The white of an egg, or blood mingled with salt water, doth gather the saltness and maketh the water sweeter; this may be by adhesion.}}

    • 1821, Robert Thomas, The modern practice of physic, page 713:

      Nothing has been found so effectual for preserving water sweet at sea, during long voyages, as charring the insides of the casks well before they are filled.

14. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

    a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion

    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise lost (source), Samuel Simmons, page 278:

      Sweet interchange / Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.

同意語

• (having a taste of sugar): saccharine, sugary
• (containing a sweetening ingredient): sugared, sweetened
• (not having a salty taste): fresh, unsalty
• (having a pleasant smell): fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
• (not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, または stale): fresh, unfermented, wholesome
• (having a pleasant sound): dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
• (having a pleasing disposition): cute, lovable, pleasant
• (having a helpful disposition): kind, gracious, helpful, sensitive, thoughtful
• ((informal) very pleasing): rad, awesome, wicked

反意語

• (having a pleasant taste): bitter, sour, salty
• (containing a sweetening ingredient): nonsweet, sugarless, unsugared, unsweetened, unsweet
• (of wines: retaining a portion of natural sugar): dry
• (not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, または stale): decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, stale
• (not having a salty taste): salty, savoury
• (free from excessive unwanted substances): sour
• ((informal) very pleasing): lame, uncool

派生語

使用する際の注意点

• Also used as a positive response to good news or information: They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!

副詞

sweet (comparative more sweet, superlative most sweet)

1. In a sweet manner.
   • 1598, Shakespeare, Love's Labour Lost, Act 1 Scene 1:

     "and, sweet my child, let them be men of good repute and carriage."

     (かつ, my child, allow them sweetly to be men with good reputations かつ conduct)

同意語

• (in a sweet manner): sweetly

名詞

sweet (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 sweets)

1. (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
2. (countable, Britain) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
3. (countable, Britain) A food eaten for dessert.

   Can we see the sweet menu, please?

4. sweetheart; darling.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Ben Jonson

     Wherefore frowns my sweet?

5. (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     a wilderness of sweets

6. (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
   • 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, III.2:

     Fear's fire to fervency, which makes love's sweet prove nectar.

同意語

• (sweet taste sensation): See sweetness
• (food that is high in sugar content): bonbon, candy (米国用法), confection, confectionery, lolly (Australia)
• (food eaten for dessert): See dessert

派生語

• spoon sweet
• sweet shop / sweetshop

アナグラム

• weest, weets