糖是sugar也是candy。
sugar 不可数,是指用来做调料的散糖,sugar有的时候也会用来代表亲亲、宝贝的意思。candy 可数,是糖果的意思。candy就是吃的那种糖果。比如童话里小孩子都希望天上掉糖果。
例句
例句:How many sugars do you take?
译文:你加几勺糖?
例句:She eats too much candy.
译文:她吃的糖果太多了。
不同种类的糖
brown sugar 红糖,黄糖
例句:She bought a pack of brown sugar at the supermarket yesterday.
译文:她昨天在超市买了一袋红糖。
cube sugar 方糖
例句:Mike likes taking one cube sugar in his tea.
译文:迈克喜欢在茶里放一块方糖。
crystal sugar 冰糖
例句:Please put some crystal sugar into the chicken soup.
译文:请往鸡汤里放一些冰糖。