Слово англійською: candy
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Переклад candy українською: со́лодощі, ла́сощі, цуке́рка
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candy
noun /ˈkændi/
[uncountable, countable] (plural candies)
(North American English)- sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this synonym sweet
- a box of candy
- a candy store
- a candy bar
- Who wants the last piece of candy?
- She had enough candies in her pocket for all the children.
see also arm candy, brain candy, eye candy, hard candy, penny candy, rock candyWord Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’.
Idioms be like taking candy from a baby
- (informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do something
- I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby.