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bittersweet

A ความ สุช ผสม ความเสียใจ  พืชช นิดหนึ่ง มีผล สีแดง 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BITTERSWEET

BITTERSWEET Bit "ter *sweet `, a.

 

Defn: Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig. ), pleasant but painful.

 

BITTERSWEET

BITTERSWEET Bit "ter *sweet `, n.

 

1. Anything which is bittersweet.

 

2. A kind of apple so called. Gower.

 

3. (Bot. ) (a ) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara ); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara. (b ) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens ), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bittersweet

bit ter sweet |ˈbitərˌswēt ˈbɪdərswit | adjective (of food, drink, or flavor ) sweet with a bitter aftertaste. arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain: the room, with all its bittersweet memories. noun 1 another term for woody nightshade (see nightshade ). 2 (also climbing bittersweet ) a vinelike climbing plant that bears clusters of bright orange pods. [Genus Celastrus, family Celastraceae: several species, in particular C. scandens. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

bittersweet

bitter-sweet adjective 1 (of food or drink ) sweet with a bitter aftertaste. 2 arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain: bittersweet memories of his time in London. noun 1 another term for woody nightshade (see nightshade ). 2 a vine-like American climbing plant which bears clusters of bright orange pods. Genus Celastrus, family Celastraceae: several species. 3 (also bittersweet shell ) a widely distributed bivalve mollusc which has a pale rounded shell that is typically marked with wavy lines. Genus Glycymeris, family Glycymeridae.

 

bittersweet chocolate

bitter |sweet choc |olate noun North American term for plain chocolate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bittersweet

b tter sw et 形容詞 通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 ほろ苦い, 苦しくも楽しい 〈経験 思い出など 〉; つらさと心地よさの相まった 〈感情 詩など 〉.2 甘くて苦い 〈味 〉; 苦みの強い 〈チョコレート .名詞 1 U ほろ苦さ, 苦しみの混じった楽しさ .2 C 〘植 〙ヒヨドリジョウゴ類のつる草 〘毒草 .