sour 音标拼音: [s'ɑʊɚ] [s'ɑʊr]
a . 酸的,酸臭的,发酵的,愠怒的,讨厌的,拙劣的,不毛的
vi . 变酸,变乖戾,厌烦
酸的,酸臭的,发酵的,愠怒的,讨厌的,拙劣的,不毛的变酸,变乖戾,厌烦
sour adj 1 :
smelling of fermentation or staleness [
synonym : {
sour },
{
rancid }]
2 :
having a sharp biting taste [
ant : {
sweet }]
3 :
one of the four basic taste sensations ;
like the taste of vinegar or lemons 4 :
in an unpalatable state ; "
sour milk " [
synonym : {
off }, {
sour },
{
turned }]
5 :
inaccurate in pitch ; "
a false (
or sour )
note "; "
her singing was off key " [
synonym : {
false }, {
off -
key }, {
sour }]
6 :
showing a brooding ill humor ; "
a dark scowl "; "
the proverbially dour New England Puritan "; "
a glum ,
hopeless shrug "; "
he sat in moody silence "; "
a morose and unsociable manner "; "
a saturnine ,
almost misanthropic young genius "-
Bruce Bliven ; "
a sour temper "; "
a sullen crowd " [
synonym : {
dark },
{
dour }, {
glowering }, {
glum }, {
moody }, {
morose }, {
saturnine },
{
sour }, {
sullen }]
n 1 :
a cocktail made of a liquor (
especially whiskey or gin )
mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar 2 :
the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth [
synonym : {
sour }, {
sourness }, {
tartness }]
3 :
the property of being acidic [
synonym : {
sourness }, {
sour },
{
acidity }]
v 1 :
go sour or spoil ; "
The milk has soured "; "
The wine worked ";
"
The cream has turned --
we have to throw it out " [
synonym :
{
sour }, {
turn }, {
ferment }, {
work }]
2 :
make sour or more sour [
synonym : {
sour }, {
acidify }, {
acidulate },
{
acetify }] [
ant : {
dulcify }, {
dulcorate }, {
edulcorate },
{
sweeten }]
Sour \
Sour \,
v .
t . [
AS .
s ?
rian to sour ,
to become sour .]
1 .
To cause to become sour ;
to cause to turn from sweet to sour ;
as ,
exposure to the air sours many substances .
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So the sun '
s heat ,
with different powers ,
Ripens the grape ,
the liquor sours . --
Swift .
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2 .
To make cold and unproductive ,
as soil . --
Mortimer .
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3 .
To make unhappy ,
uneasy ,
or less agreeable .
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To sour your happiness I must report ,
The queen is dead . --
Shak .
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4 .
To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly . "
Souring his cheeks ." --
Shak .
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Pride had not sour '
d nor wrath debased my heart .
--
Harte .
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5 .
To macerate ,
and render fit for plaster or mortar ;
as ,
to sour lime for business purposes .
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Sour \
Sour \,
a . [
Compar . {
Sourer };
superl . {
Sourest }.] [
OE .
sour ,
sur ,
AS .
s ?
r ;
akin to D .
zuur ,
G .
sauer ,
OHG .
s ?
r ,
Icel .
s ?
rr ,
Sw .
sur ,
Dan .
suur ,
Lith .
suras salt ,
Russ .
surovui harsh ,
rough .
Cf . {
Sorrel },
the plant .]
1 .
Having an acid or sharp ,
biting taste ,
like vinegar ,
and the juices of most unripe fruits ;
acid ;
tart .
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All sour things ,
as vinegar ,
provoke appetite .
--
Bacon .
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2 .
Changed ,
as by keeping ,
so as to be acid ,
rancid ,
or musty ,
turned .
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3 .
Disagreeable ;
unpleasant ;
hence ;
cross ;
crabbed ;
peevish ;
morose ;
as ,
a man of a sour temper ;
a sour reply . "
A sour countenance ." --
Swift .
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He was a scholar . . .
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ,
But to those men that sought him sweet as summer .
--
Shak .
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4 .
Afflictive ;
painful . "
Sour adversity ." --
Shak .
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5 .
Cold and unproductive ;
as ,
sour land ;
a sour marsh .
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{
Sour dock } (
Bot .),
sorrel .
{
Sour gourd } (
Bot .),
the gourdlike fruit {
Adansonia Gregorii },
and {
Adansonia digitata };
also ,
either of the trees bearing this fruit .
See {
Adansonia }.
{
Sour grapes }.
See under {
Grape }.
{
Sour gum } (
Bot .)
See {
Turelo }.
{
Sour plum } (
Bot .),
the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree ({
Owenia venosa });
also ,
the tree itself ,
which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights .
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Syn :
Acid ;
sharp ;
tart ;
acetous ;
acetose ;
harsh ;
acrimonious ;
crabbed ;
currish ;
peevish .
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Sour \
Sour \,
n .
A sour or acid substance ;
whatever produces a painful effect .
--
Spenser .
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Sour \
Sour \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Soured };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Souring }.]
To become sour ;
to turn from sweet to sour ;
as ,
milk soon sours in hot weather ;
a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity .
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They keep out melancholy from the virtuous ,
and hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity .
--
Addison .
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247 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sour ":
abrupt ,
absonant ,
acerb ,
acerbate ,
acerbic ,
acerbity ,
acescency ,
acescent ,
acetify ,
acid ,
acidic ,
acidify ,
acidity ,
acidulant ,
acidulate ,
acidulated ,
acidulent ,
acidulous ,
acidulousness ,
acrid ,
acrimonious ,
aftertaste ,
agent provocateur ,
aggravate ,
amaroidal ,
amplify ,
annoy ,
asperous ,
astringent ,
atonal ,
augment ,
bad ,
bad -
tempered ,
bilious ,
biting ,
bitter ,
bitter as gall ,
blown ,
bread -
and -
butter pickle ,
brusque ,
build up ,
cacophonous ,
caustic ,
chokecherry ,
choleric ,
churlish ,
coarse ,
crab ,
crab apple ,
crabbed ,
crabby ,
cracked ,
cranky ,
cross ,
crusty ,
curdle ,
curdled ,
curt ,
cutting ,
deepen ,
deteriorate ,
diaphonic ,
dill pickle ,
disagreeable ,
disconsonant ,
discontented ,
discordant ,
disenchant ,
disharmonic ,
disharmonious ,
dislikable ,
displeasing ,
dissonant ,
distasteful ,
dry ,
dryness ,
dyspeptic ,
edgy ,
embitter ,
embittered ,
enhance ,
enlarge ,
envenom ,
escharotic ,
exacerbate ,
exasperate ,
ferment ,
fermented ,
flat ,
flavor ,
frowy ,
gamy ,
gloomy ,
go bad ,
go off ,
gone off ,
grating ,
green ,
green apple ,
greenness ,
grouchy ,
gust ,
hard ,
harsh ,
heat up ,
heighten ,
high ,
hot up ,
hyperacidity ,
ill -
natured ,
ill -
tempered ,
immelodious ,
impatient ,
increase ,
inharmonic ,
inharmonious ,
intensify ,
irritate ,
irritating ,
jaundiced ,
keen ,
lemon ,
lime ,
magnify ,
make acute ,
make worse ,
mordant ,
morose ,
musicless ,
nasty ,
nonmelodious ,
nose -
tickling ,
off ,
off -
key ,
off -
tone ,
out of pitch ,
out of tone ,
out of tune ,
palate ,
peeve ,
peevish ,
penetrating ,
petulant ,
pickle ,
pickled ,
piercing ,
piquant ,
poignant ,
provoke ,
pungency ,
pungent ,
rancid ,
rank ,
raucous ,
reechy ,
relish ,
rough ,
salt ,
sapidity ,
sapor ,
savor ,
savoriness ,
sec ,
severe ,
sharp ,
sharpen ,
shrill ,
smack ,
snappish ,
sour as vinegar ,
sour balls ,
sour cream ,
sour grapes ,
sour pickle ,
sour -
tempered ,
sourdough ,
soured ,
sourish ,
sourishness ,
sourness ,
spoil ,
spoiled ,
spoilt ,
stale ,
stinging ,
stomach ,
strident ,
strong ,
subacidity ,
sullen ,
sweet ,
tainted ,
tang ,
tart ,
tartish ,
tartishness ,
tartness ,
taste ,
terrible ,
testy ,
thankless ,
tongue ,
tooth ,
trenchant ,
tuneless ,
turn ,
turn sour ,
turned ,
ugly ,
unalluring ,
unappealing ,
unappetizing ,
unattractive ,
undelectable ,
undelicious ,
undesirable ,
unengaging ,
unenjoyable ,
unharmonious ,
uninviting ,
unlikable ,
unmelodious ,
unmusical ,
unpalatable ,
unpleasant ,
unpleasing ,
unripe ,
unripeness ,
unsavory ,
unsweet ,
unsweetened ,
unsweetness ,
untasteful ,
untunable ,
untuned ,
untuneful ,
unwelcome ,
verjuice ,
vex ,
vinegar ,
vinegariness ,
vinegarish ,
vinegarishness ,
vinegary ,
vitriolic ,
worsen ,
yogurt
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