| 词组 | a sweet tooth |
| 释义 | Idiom a sweet tooth if you have a sweet tooth, you like eating food with sugar in it.It's things like chocolate and cake that I can't resist - I've got a real sweet tooth. sweet toothA propensity and preference for eating sugary foods. If you're looking for a snack, go talk to Jenny—she has a real sweet tooth, so she probably keeps candy bars in her desk. Because I don't have much of a sweet tooth, I get more excited about entrees than desserts. a sweet toothCOMMON If you have a sweet tooth, you like eating things that taste of sugar. She has a sweet tooth for chocolate cake and cookies. For those without a sweet tooth, savoury snacks are also available. sweet tooth, (to have) aA love for sugary foods. This seemingly modern expression goes back to the sixteenth century, although it did not always refer exclusively to carbohydrate goodies. “Thou hast . . . a sweet tooth in thy head, a liquorish appetite to delicate meats and intoxicating wines,” wrote Thomas Adams in a sermon of 1629. |
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