rancid

FREQ #25685

a. 像油脂腐臭味的, 腐臭的 [医] 酸败的

发音

其它 /ˈɹænsɪd/

词形变化

more rancid 比较级 rancidest most rancid 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Rank in taste or smell.

    馊

    The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.

  2. 2.

    Offensive. Unpleasant.

    Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

sour

近义相关 4

stinky stale malodorous malodourous

词源

Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”).

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