| 单词 | sour |
| 释义 | sour (saʊəʳ ) Word forms: sourer, sourest, sours , souring , soured 1. adjective B1 Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon. The stewed apple was sour even with honey. Synonyms: sharp, acid, tart, bitter 2. See also sweet and sour 3. adjective B1+ Sour milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh. 4. adjective Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. She made a sour face in his direction. Police, increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate. sourly adverb [ADVERB with verb] 'Leave my mother out of it,' he said sourly. 5. adjective If a situation or relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory. Everything turned sour for me there. Even the European dream is beginning to turn sour. Their songs are filled with tales of love gone sour. 6. verb If a friendship, situation, or attitude sours or if something sours it, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful. If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views. [VERB noun] Her mood soured a little. [VERB] Synonyms: embitter, disenchant, alienate, envenom 7. sour grapes phrase If you describe someone's attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they say something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it. These accusations have been going on for some time now, but it is just sour grapes. Idioms: sour grapes a situation where someone criticizes another person or accuses them of using unfair methods because they are jealous of their success These accusations have been going on for some time now, but it is just sour grapes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: sour a relationship Remember she has chosen to be with you, so don't sour the relationship with comparisons. The Sun They are worried that any challenge will sour the relationship. Times, Sunday Times It will only sour your relationship because you know she won't be able to pay it back. The Sun It will sour your relationship anyway. The Sun Not displaying enough compassion at such a sensitive time can permanently sour a relationship with an employee and make colleagues revise their view of who they work for. Times, Sunday Times We all have seen him passing microphones and inquiries with a sour face after having to quit a race. Times, Sunday Times Oh, why the sour face? Times, Sunday Times Then we look at the facial expressions, the body language, work out when the picture was snapped and discuss why they have such sour faces. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 酸的, 使变糟 Japanese: 酸っぱい, 悪化させる/悪化する |
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