| 单词 | sour-ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmassour-ball sour-ball n. (also sourball) U.S. (a) a peevish or sour-tempered person; also attributive or as adj. ; (b) a boiled sweet with an acid taste. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun] > sour-tempered person sourock1723 sourling1784 lemon1863 vinegar-cruet1873 sour-ball1900 sourpuss1937 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > acid sweets sour-sweet1603 acid drop1783 acidulated drop1827 acidulated tablet1889 acid tablet1893 sour-ball1900 nippy sweetie1994 1900 Dial. Notes 2 62 Sour-ball, a chronic grumbler. 1933 Manufacturing Chemist Nov. 41/1 Assorted Sour Balls (purchased in a railroad depot, Boston, Mass.)... Balls had a coating of grain. 1935 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (U.K. ed.) iv. 123 My God, you're sourball tonight. 1962 ‘E. Lacy’ Freeloaders vi. 113 You think Gil is nuts? He's been acting the sourball all day. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) ii. 34 He brought a bagful of Hershey bars and Charms and sour balls and chocolate-covered halvah. 1976 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Apr. 33/1 The witness from those years is overwhelming, and not just from snobbish intellectuals and sourball novelists. < as lemmas |
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