sour
adj
1
(a) having a sharp taste (like that of vinegar, a lemon or unripe fruit) 有酸味的; 酸的
sour gooseberries 酸的醋栗
This apple is really sour! 這蘋(píng)果真酸哪!
(b) tasting or smelling sharp and unpleasant from fermentation; not fresh 有酸臭味道或氣味的; 餿的
The milk's turned sour. 牛奶變酸了. * a sour smell 餿味.
2 having or showing a bad temper; disagreeable in manner 壞脾氣的; 別扭的; 乖戾的
a sour and disillusioned man 陰郁頹喪的人
What a sour face she has! 她的臉色多難看!
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) go/turn `sour become unfavourable or unpleasant; turn out badly 變得令人不愉快; 變壞; 變?cè)?
Their relationship soon went sour. 他們的關(guān)系不久就變壞了.
His original enthusiasm has turned sour. 他當(dāng)初的積極性已淡下去了. sour `grapes (saying 諺) (said when sb pretends that what he cannot have is of little or no value or importance 用以指某人因得不到某事物而佯稱(chēng)該事物不好)
He says he didn't want to marry her anyway, but that's just sour grapes. 他說(shuō)自己反正不想娶她, 那不過(guò)是吃不到葡萄反而說(shuō)葡萄酸罷了. sour, v [I, Tn]
(cause sth/sb to) become sour (使某物)變酸, 變餿; (使某事)變?cè)? (使某人)陰郁或乖戾
The hot weather soured the milk. 天熱牛奶酸了.
(fig 比喻) His personality has soured. 他品性變差了.
The old man has been soured by poverty. 那老人因貧困脾氣都?jí)牧?