sugar

US: /ˈʃʊɡɝ/
UK: /ʃˈʊɡɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


sugar /'ʃugə/
  • danh từ
    • đường
      • granulated sugar: đường kính
      • lump sugar: đường miếng
    • lời đường mật, lời nịnh hót
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) tiền, xìn
    • ngoại động từ
      • bỏ đường, rắc đường; bọc đường
      • (nghĩa bóng) ((thường) dạng bị động) làm cho ngọt ngào, phết đường, bọc đường
      • nội động từ
        • (từ lóng) làm việc chểnh mảng, không làm tròn bổn phận

      Advanced English dictionary


      noun, verb, exclamation
      + noun
      1 [U] a sweet substance, often in the form of white or brown CRYSTALS, made from the juices of various plants, used in cooking or to make tea, coffee, etc. sweeter: a sugar plantation / refinery / bowl + This juice contains no added sugar. + Do you take sugar (= have it in your tea, coffee, etc.)?
      See also - BROWN SUGAR, CANE SUGAR, CASTER SUGAR, GRANULATED SUGAR, ICING SUGAR
      2 [C] the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold or that is contained in a small CUBE, added to tea, coffee, etc: How many sugars do you take in coffee?
      3 [C, usually pl.] (technical) any of various sweet substances that are found naturally in plants, fruit, etc: fruit sugars + a person's blood sugar level (= the amount of GLUCOSE in their blood)
      4 [U] (spoken, especially AmE) a way of addressing sb that you like or love: See you later, sugar.
      + verb [VN] to add sugar to sth; to cover sth in sugar
      Idioms see PILL
      exclamation used to show that you are annoyed when you do sth stupid or when sth goes wrong (to avoid saying 'shit'): Oh sugar! I've forgotten my book!

      Collocation dictionary


      ADJ.

      raw, unrefined | refined | natural
      Fruit juices contain natural sugars.
      | simple
      simple sugars, such as glucose
      | brown, white
      Add one cup of soft brown sugar.
      | caster, demerara, granulated, lump, icing | beet, cane | fruit
      Fructose is a fruit sugar.
      | blood
      to raise blood sugar levels

      QUANT.

      lump, spoonful | bag, packet

      VERB + SUGAR

      put in/on, spoon, sprinkle, stir in/into, take
      (= in tea or coffee)He stirred another spoonful of sugar into his tea. Do you take sugar in your tea?
      | contain | produce

      SUGAR + VERB

      dissolve

      SUGAR + NOUN

      cube, lump | bowl | substitute | intake
      a high sugar intake
      | beet, cane | industry, plantation, production, refinery

      PHRASES

      high/low/reduced sugar content, high/low in sugar
      Most junk food is high in sugar.
      | no added sugar
      apple juice with no added sugar


      Concise English dictionary


      sugars|sugared|sugaring'ʃʊgə(r)
      noun
      +a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
      +an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
      +informal terms for money
      verb
      +sweeten with sugar