sour/saʊəʳ/

adj

1. 酸味的

• The orange is very sour. 这桔子真酸。

2. 酸臭的，馊的

3. 乖张的；易怒的

• He's a man of sour temper. 他是个脾气乖张的人。

• Her face looked very sour. 她的脸色很难看。

4. 乏味的；讨厌的

• a sour job 乏味的工作

• It's a sour joke. 那是个令人厌恶的笑话。

5. 敌意的，敌对的

• The relationship between his parents and him were getting increasingly sour. 他同父母的关系变得越来越敌对。

• She gave me a sour glance. 她充满敌意地瞪了我一眼。

词组be sour on 美口 讨厌，厌恶

• I was rather sour on their behaviour. 我很厌恶他们的行径。

go(或turn) sour

1. 变酸，发酸

• The food has turned sour without being kept in the fridge. 食物没有放在冰箱里，已经变酸了。

2. 非正式 变坏；变糟

• Their relationship went sour. 他们的关系破裂了。

• I knew my plan has turned sour. 我知道自己的计划已经出岔子了。

3. 对…不报幻想

• She went sour on her future. 她对自己的未来不报有任何幻想。

sour grapes 指某人因得不到某物而称该物不好

• The man said he wouldn't marry her, but that's just sour grapes. 那人说自己不愿意娶她，那不过是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸罢了。

–sourly adv –sourness n U