cachou
noun [ C ] old-fashioned uk/kæʃˈuː/ us/kæˈʃuː/
口香糖
a small sweet that you eat to make your breath smell fresh
She remembered her grandmother's violet cachous. 她想起了她祖母的紫罗兰色口香片。
She drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her pocket and gave him one. 她从口袋里掏出一小包香甜的叫做口香片的新型口香糖，给了他一枚。
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- She took two cachous from the delicate pink-and-white porcelain box on her dressing table.
- As they kissed, he tasted the sweet scent of the cachou she had been sucking.
- She gave him a cachou every time he visited her.