sour

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a. 酸的, 酸臭的, 发酵的, 愠怒的, 讨厌的, 拙劣的, 不健全的 vi. 变酸, 发酵, 厌烦, 变坏 vt. 使变酸, 使失望 n. 酸味, 酸饮料

发音

UK /ˈsaʊə/
其它 /ˈsɑːə/
CA /ˈsaʊɚ/
US /ˈsaʊɚ/
AU /ˈsæɔə/

词形变化

sours 复数 sours soured soureth souring sours 三单 souring 现在分词 soured 过去式 soured 过去分词 sourest souredst 过去式 soureth 三单 soured 复数 sourer 比较级 sourer sourest 最高级

别名

sower sowre

教材释义与例句

名词

酸味；苦事

动词

发酵；变酸；厌烦

if milk sours, or if something sours it, it begins to have an unpleasant sharp taste

动词

使变酸；使失望

形容词

酸的；发酵的；刺耳的；酸臭的；讨厌的

having a sharp acid taste, like the taste of a lemon or a fruit that is not ready to be eaten

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sensation of a sour taste.

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  2. 2.

    A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.

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  3. 3.

    Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.

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  4. 4.

    A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.

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  5. 5.

    A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

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  6. 6.

    The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To make sour.

    及物

    Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe.

  2. 2.

    To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To make (soil) cold and unproductive.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

  5. 5.

    To become disenchanted.

    不及物

    We broke up after our relationship soured.

  6. 6.

    To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To become sour.

    不及物
adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Tasting of acidity.

    Lemons have a sour taste.

  2. 2.

    Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

    馊

    Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour.

  3. 3.

    Tasting or smelling rancid.

    His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him.

  4. 4.

    Hostile or unfriendly.

    He gave me a sour look.

  5. 5.

    Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)

    酸

    sour land

    a sour marsh

  6. 6.

    Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)

    sour gas smells like rotten eggs

  7. 7.

    Unfortunate or unfavorable.

  8. 8.

    Off-pitch, out of tune.

    音乐

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

acidity sourness tartness

上位词 2

taste cocktail

下位词 7

acidity acerbity acidulousness tartness vinegariness vinegarishness whiskey sour
动词

同义词 6

work turn ferment acetify acidify acidulate

反义词 1

sweeten

上位词 1

turn

近义相关 2

work ferment
形容词

同义词 10

off dark false moody glum off-key rancid sullen morose dour

反义词 1

sweet

近义相关 10

acid tasty stinky tart acidic tangy astringent acerb acerbic acetose

参见 3

dry tasty soured

相关短语

go sour 变酸, 出漏子, 不再受欢迎 sour grapes 酸葡萄 sour cream n. 酸奶油 sour puss sour cherry 欧洲酸樱桃 sour cherries sour note sour pusses sour krout sour grass 酸模; 旱叶草 sour gum [植物]多花紫树(Nyssa sylvatica) sour gas [化] 酸气

词源

From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour”). Cognate with West Frisian soer, Dutch zuur (“sour”), Low German suur, German sauer (“sour”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sur, French sur (“sour”), Faroese súrur (“sour”), Icelandic súr (“sour, bitter”), Polish ser (“cheese”), Czech sýr (“cheese”), Slovak syr (“cheese”), Russian сырой (syroj, “raw”), Ukrainian сири́й (syrýj, “raw”), Old Church Slavonic сꙑръ (syrŭ, “moist, cheese”).

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