Bitter

['bɪtə] or ['bɪtɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth.

(noun.) English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft).

(verb.) make bitter.

(adj.) proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; 'a bitter struggle'; 'bitter enemies' .

(adj.) expressive of severe grief or regret; 'shed bitter tears' .

(adj.) causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;'quinine is bitter' .

(adj.) very difficult to accept or bear; 'the bitter truth'; 'a bitter sorrow' .

整理:康拉德--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

(v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

(v. t.) Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

(v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.

(v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

(v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

(n.) Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

(v. t.) To make bitter.

塞西莉整理

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. That tastes like wormwood.[2]. Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless.[3]. Severe, harsh, stern.[4]. Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous.

手打:马吉

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Harsh, sour, sharp, tart, acrimonious, sarcastic, severe, sad, afflictive,intense, stinging, pungent, acrid, cutting

ANT:Sweet, mellow, pleasant, affable, kindly, genial, light, mitigated, trivial

埃尔莎整理

解釋/意思:

adj. biting or acrid to the taste: sharp: painful.—n. any substance having a bitter taste.—adj. Bitt′erish.—adv. Bitt′erly.—n. Bitt′erness.—n.pl. Bitt′ers a liquid prepared from bitter herbs or roots and used as a stomachic.—n. Bitt′er-sweet the Woody Nightshade a slender climbing hedge-plant having red poisonous berries said to be named from its root when chewed having first a bitter then a sweet taste: (Shak.) an apple that has a compound taste of sweet and bitter: a mixture of sweet and bitter.

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