Sour
[saʊə] or ['saʊɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth.
(noun.) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar.
(verb.) go sour or spoil; 'The milk has soured'; 'The wine worked'; 'The cream has turned--we have to throw it out'.
(verb.) make sour or more sour.
(adj.) smelling of fermentation or staleness .
(adj.) having a sharp biting taste .
(adj.) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons .
編輯:罗伊--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
(superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
(superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
(superl.) Afflictive; painful.
(superl.) Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
(n.) A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
(v. t.) To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
(v. t.) To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
(v. t.) To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
(v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
(v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
(v. i.) To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
編輯:齐克
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Acid, tart, pricked.[2]. Cross, crabbed, morose, surly, testy, touchy, cantankerous, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
v. a. [1]. Make acid, turn sour.[2]. Imbitter, make cross.
v. n. Turn sour, become acid.
拜伦整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Tart, rancid, coagulated, turned, harsh, crabbed, austere, morose, pungent,crusty, acid, churlish, bitter, acetous, acrimonious, peevish
ANT:Sweet, wholesome, untainted, mellow, genial, kindly
卡蜜拉整理
解釋/意思:
adj. having a pungent acid taste: turned as milk: rancid: crabbed or peevish in temper: bitter: cold and wet as soil.—v.t. to make sour or acid: to make cross peevish or discontented.—v.i. to become sour or acid: to become peevish or crabbed.—n. Sour′-crout (see Sauer-kraut).—adj. Sour′-eyed morose-looking.—ns. Sour′-gourd the cream-of-tartar tree; Sour′ing vinegar: the crab-apple: the process in bleaching fabrics that follows the treatment with bleaching-powder consisting in treatment of the fabric with hydrochloric or sulphuric acid so as to wash out the lime.—adj. Sour′ish somewhat sour.—adv. Sour′ly in a sour manner: with acidity: with acrimony: discontentedly.—ns. Sour′ness the state of being sour: acidity: peevishness: discontent; Sour′-sop a tree of tropical America and its fruit closely allied to the custard-apple: (prov.) an ill-natured person.
整理:丽纳
例句/造句/用法:
- Now, Handel, I am quite free from the flavor of sour grapes, upon my soul and honor! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He thinks it is like bran, raised with sour yeast. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I may remark that the bread in these sausages was not treated, and therefore it has become slightly sour, but the pork has kept perfectly fresh. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Laurie took Amy to drive, which was a deed of charity, for the sour cream seemed to have had a bad effect upon her temper. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The other half very soon turned sour, and had to be thrown away, but that to which the substance was added was perfectly fresh that morning. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- But being soured, Mr Wegg, and driven to reckless madness and desperation, I suppose it's Yes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Her temper has been soured, remember, and ought not to be tried. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She seemed to be more soured and put out than distressed, by failing to find any traces of her daughter in these parts. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Yes, but hang it,' says Wegg argumentatively, 'a well-governed mind can be soured sitting! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Soured and listless, Miss Fanshawe was beginning to disclose the causes of her prostrate condition. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- A sour wine, moreover, or a souring, for its influence on the mood of those who drank it was to make them gloomy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Even milk is not exempt, but is doctored to prevent souring, the preservative most generally used by milk dealers being formaldehyde. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The spoiling of meats and soups, and the souring of milk and preserves, are due to germs which, like those producing disease, can be destroyed by heat and by chemicals. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
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