sour

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sour1 /saʊə $ saʊr/ S3 adjectiveadj

1 CTSOURhaving a sharp acid taste, like the taste of a lemon or a fruit that is not ready to be eaten 酸的，酸味的 OPP sweet → bitter

Rachel sampled the wine. It was sour.

雷切尔尝了尝葡萄酒，是酸的。

sour cherries

酸樱桃

→ sweet-and-sour► see thesaurus at taste

2 DFCTmilk or other food that is sour is not fresh and has a bad taste 〔牛奶等〕馊的，有馊味的，酸臭的

turn/go sour (=become sour) 变酸

In everyday English, people usually say milk goes bad or, in British English, goes off, rather than goes sour. 在日常英语中,表示牛奶变酸, 人们一般不说 go sour, 而是说 go bad, 在英国英语中则说 go off 。

3 BAD-TEMPEREDUNFRIENDLYunfriendly or looking bad-tempered 不友善的，脾气坏的

sour look/face/smile etc

Eliza was tall and thin, with a rather sour face.

伊丽莎又高又瘦，脸上阴沉沉的。

a sour-faced old man

绷着脸的老人

4 informalUNPLEASANTDON'T LIKE if a relationship or plan turns or goes sour, it becomes less enjoyable, pleasant, or satisfactory 〔关系、计划等变得〕坏的，令人不快的

As time went by, their marriage turned sour.

随着时间的流逝，他们的夫妻关系变差了。

The meeting ended on a sour note, with neither side able to reach agreement.

双方未能取得一致意见，会议不欢而散。

5. sour grapes JEALOUSused to say that someone is pretending that they dislike something because they want it but cannot have it – used to show disapproval 酸葡萄〔指某人其实想要某物，但因得不到而装作不喜欢的心态，含贬义〕

Examples from the Corpus

sour grapes• Brown said his rival's comments were just sour grapes.• Whatever I say about my ex-wife will probably sound like sour grapes.• Criticisms from ex-players, in my opinion, are nothing but sour grapes.• This was sour grapes, a far-off voice of wisdom suggested.• It may sound like sour grapes but I assure you I feel no bitterness merely disappointed.• There is certainly no defensiveness nor any sour grapes from me or any of the Editing for Industry committee.• Envy and sour grapes had their customary party.• Are these just bad vibes and sour grapes or is hip hop just too naughty by nature for the mainstream?• Already one began to hear the nickname Suicide Langford; but that was either sour grapes or silly sensationalism.• Sounds like sour grapes to me.

—sourly adverbadv

—sourness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

sour• The vision of bedsit freedom would soon turn sour.• The milk smells a little sour.• These cherries are really sour.• In 1993, a wage garnishment was filed against him stemming from a diamond sale gone sour.• What is sour comes from pretending to be what we are not.• She always had the same sour expression.• The minute the sour flavor exploded in his mouth, slivers of intense pain filled his head.• Kvass is a mild beer that is sometimes used in Russian cooking for its sour flavor.• I smelt the sour odour of sweaty robes and noticed a brazier of gleaming charcoal had been rolled in.• Too often relationships go sour or become impoverished through lack of attention.• Soon he would smell the first sour tang of winter on the sea breezes.• The wine was so sour that I couldn't drink it.• In these temperatures, milk goes sour very quickly.• The strawberries are a little sour - you may need to put sugar on them.

turn/go sour• We dated two years and then things went sour.• I see the play as an extension of that idea: a study of what happens when idealism goes sour.• In 1993, a wage garnishment was filed against him stemming from a diamond sale gone sour.• In this case, the relationship turned sour.• The deal went sour and Coles lost A $ 18 million.• Many of the deals struck in this frenzied atmosphere are sure to go sour eventually, sending more companies to the brink.• Liberation has turned sour producing anomie and alienation, severely undermining any sense of collective responsibility or response.• A settling of accounts, a drug deal that went sour, rival protection racketeers?• But things have turned sour since those days of promise.

sour look/face/smile etc• She looked back over her shoulder at him and pulled a sour face.• I told you my brother prefers smiles to sour looks, and so he too likes my choice.• A Tory campaign machine on full throttle generally encountered sour looks and sullen stares.

sour note• From workers there's bitterness that it's all ended on such a sour note.• The craftsmen there hope their careers won't end on a sour note.• This needled Stirling and the meeting ended on a sour note.• Yet it would be wrong to end on a sour note.• The only slightly sour note entered the proceedings with the president's plan to send a special envoy to Northern Ireland.• But it was here that the first sour note in the melodious anthem was heard.• If the player tampers with those, he is blamed for hitting a sour note, not praised for a daring interpretation.• The only sour note was the electrified fence that marked the forbidden border zone.

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