“sweeten”在英语中的释义

verb

1. (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.

   • to sweeten tea

2. (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.

   • to sweeten life
   • to sweeten friendship

3. (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.

   • to sweeten the temper

4. (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.

   • to sweeten the cares of life

5. (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

6. (transitive) To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.

   • to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected
   • to sweeten the air

7. (transitive) To make warm and fertile.

   • to dry and sweeten soils

8. (agriculture, transitive) To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali.

9. (transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint.

   • to sweeten water, butter, or meat

10. (transitive) To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.

    • to sweeten the deal by increasing the price offered

11. (intransitive) To become sweet.

12. (music, transitive) To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings.