sour

sour
adjective

having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar
酸的
she sampled the wine and found it was sour.
她尝了一口酒，发现是酸的。
■(of food, especially milk or bread) having gone bad because of fermentation
（食品，尤指牛奶或面包）馊的
■having a rancid smell
恶臭的
her breath was always sour.
她的呼吸总有股酸臭味。
■(figurative)feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger
(喻)尖酸的；不满的；气愤的
she was a different woman from the sour, bored creature I had known.
她和我以前认识的那个尖酸刻薄、令人厌烦的女人完全不同了。
■(of soil) deficient in lime and usually dank
（土壤）缺少石灰质的，酸性过重的
■(of petroleum or natural gas) containing a relatively high proportion of sulphur
（石油，天然气）含硫较高的

noun

[with modifier]a drink made by mixing an alcoholic drink with lemon juice or lime juice
由柠檬汁或酸橙汁和酒混合而成的饮料
a rum sour.
朗姆柠檬饮料。

verb

make or become sour
使）变酸
[with obj.]water soured with tamarind.
加有罗望子而变酸了的水。
[as adj. soured]soured cream.
变酸的奶油。
[no obj.]a bowl of milk was souring in the sun.
一碗牛奶在阳光下正在变酸。
■make or become unpleasant, acrimonious, or difficult
（使）变得不愉快；（使）变得紧张；（使）变得困难
[with obj.]a dispute soured relations between the two countries for over a year.
一个争议使两国关系一年多来都很紧张。
[no obj.]many friendships have soured over borrowed money.
很多朋友之间的友谊都因为借钱而紧张。

常用词组
go (或turn) sour

become less pleasant or attractive; turn out badly
变得不愉快；失去吸引力；变得不受欢迎
the vision of bedsit freedom soon turned sour.
这种把卧室和起居室并为一体可以自由自在的想法很快就变得不受欢迎了。

sour grapes

used to refer to an attitude in which someone disparages or affects to despise something because they cannot have it themselves
酸葡萄心理（因为自己得不到就诋毁或蔑视某物）

派生
sourish
adjective
sourly
adverb
sourness
noun
语源

Old English sūr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuur and German sauer

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