| 单词 | acrid |
| 释义 | acrid (once / 3516 pages) 1adj 2adj Acrid is almost always used to describe a smell, and it ain't a pretty one. Acrid is the nasty sting that you feel in your nose when you walk by a building that just burned down––it's sulfur mixed with smoke. You can also use acrid to describe someone's tone or general demeanor when they are being nasty. Someone about to do something evil might first give an acrid sneer, or speak in a chillingly acrid tone of voice, or even shudder as if they'd just bit into something with an acrid taste. WORD FAMILYacrid: acridest, acridity, acridly, acridness+/acridity: acridities USAGE EXAMPLESAn acrid smell fills the air as Garb walks past ramshackle workshops and blackened hills. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) But El Popo, as locals call it, rebuffed them with ash and belches of acrid gas—precisely what the scientists wanted to measure. Science Magazine(Nov 21, 2016) Camp residents heard the screaming before the acrid scent of burning plastic and polyester wafted through the abandoned factory. Time(Nov 14, 2016) 1 adj strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes" 2the acrid smell of burning rubber Syn pungent tasty pleasing to the sense of taste adj harsh or corrosive in tone her acrid remarks make her many enemies Syn acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings |
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