The Open Dictionary

sugar coating

名词

UK/ˈʃʊɡ.ə ˌkəʊ.tɪŋ/
US/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ ˌkoʊ.t̬ɪŋ/

定义 sugar coating 名词

  1. CountableUncountable

    A thin, hard layer of sugar used to cover the surface of something.

    • Children like to lick off the sugar coating from the candy first.

    • The chocolates produced by this company are all covered in a fine sugar coating.

    • She peeled the sugar coating off the cookie before eating it.

  2. Uncountable

    An intentional attempt to make something appear less unpleasant or serious than it actually is.

    • The manager tried to sugar-coat his criticism of the employees with some nice words.

    • We need to be honest, and stop sugar-coating the problem.

    • The movie tries to sugar-coat a serious subject with humor.