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can·died /ˈkændid/
(a.)糖果的,甜蜜的
Can·died a.
1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.
2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.
Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak.
3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.
Will the cold brook,
Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak.
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Can·dy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied p. pr & vb. n. Candying.]
1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
Those frosts that winter brings
Which candy every green. --Drayson.
candied
adj 1: encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel"
[syn: sugar-coated]
2: used especially of fruits [syn: crystalized, crystalised,
glace]
candy
n : a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with
fruit or nuts
v : coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn:
sugarcoat, glaze]
[also: candied]