| 单词 | sour |
| 释义 | sour (once / 523 pages) 1adjnv 2adjv 3adj 4adj WORD FAMILY sour: soured, sourer, sourest, souring, sourish, sourly, sourness, sours+/soured: unsoured/souring: sourings USAGE EXAMPLESThis crunchy boat of a potato was fried to a crisp and then topped with sour cream and some veggies like radishes and broccoli dust. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Red caviar, usually from Alaska, is an excellent addition to blini, over a thin layer of sour cream. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) You get the sensation of biting into a Sour Patch Kid, then you’re hit by a wave of fresh citrus. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1adj one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons Syn tasty pleasing to the sense of taste 2adj having a sharp biting taste Syn|Ant dry (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation acerb, acerbic, astringentsour or bitter in taste acetose, acetous, vinegarish, vinegarytasting or smelling like vinegar acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulousbeing sour to the taste lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy, tarttasting sour like a lemon subacidslightly sour to the taste souredhaving turned bad tastypleasing to the sense of taste sweet having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar sugarycontaining sugar sweet(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treaclyoverly sweet sweetishsomewhat sweet tastypleasing to the sense of taste 3n the property of being acidic Syn|Hypo|Hyper acidity, sourness acerbity, tartness a sharp sour taste vinegariness, vinegarishnessa sourness resembling that of vinegar taste property a property appreciated via the sense of taste 4n the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth Syn|Hypo|Hyper sourness, tartness acidity, acidulousness the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus 5n a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar Hypo|Hyper whiskey sour, whisky sour a sour made with whiskey cocktail a short mixed drink 6v make sour or more sour 2Syn|Ant|Hyper acetify, acidify, acidulate dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten make sweeter in taste change taste alter the flavor of 1adj in an unpalatable state sour milk Syn off, turned soured having turned bad 2adj smelling of fermentation or staleness Syn rancid ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling having an unpleasant smell 3v go sour or spoil 3The milk has soured Syn|Hyper ferment, turn, work ferment, work cause to undergo fermentation change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action adj inaccurate in pitch 4Syn false, off-key inharmonious, unharmonious not in harmony adj showing a brooding ill humor a sour temper Syn dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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