honey

noun · adjective · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

honeyshonieshonyhunneyhunny

1.
(uncountable, usually)A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
The honey in the pot should last for years.
2.
(countable, usually)A variety of this substance.
3.
(rare, uncountable, usually)Nectar.
4.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something sweet or desirable.
5.
(uncountable, usually)A term of affection.
Honey, would you take out the trash?
Honey, I'm home.
6.
(countable, informal, usually)A woman, especially an attractive one.
Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
7.
(uncountable, usually)A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
8.
(uncountable, usually, vulgar)(African-American Vernacular, vulgar) Precum; pre-ejaculate.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

honeyerhonierhoneyesthoniest

Superlative

honyhunneyhunny

1.
Involving or resembling honey.
2.
Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.
3.
Honey-sweet.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

honeys

V_ing/Gerund

honeying

V_ed/pp

honeyedhony

1.
(transitive)To sweeten; to make agreeable.
2.
(transitive)To add honey to.
3.
(intransitive)To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
4.
(intransitive)To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

mel darling sweetiesweet fluid from bees mel

Cùng gốc / liên quan

Africanized honey beehoney stickapple honeybees and honeyhoney dillbehoneybread and honeycomb-honeycrested honey buzzarddip me in honey and throw me to the lesbiansdon't get your honey where you make your moneyenhoneyEuropean honey buzzardhip-hop honeyhoney-lippedhonhoney anthoney dill saucehoney badgerhoneybag

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare Hunich, hunich, Honnig, Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare honning, hönning, huning, honing, honning, honung, hunangur, hunang), from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from *kn̥h₂ónks.