sour

1. ADJ Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon. 酸的

The stewed apple was sour even with honey. 燉過的蘋果即使加了蜂蜜也還是酸的。

2. ADJ Sour milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh. 餿的

The milk had gone sour. 牛嬭已經餿了。

3. ADJ Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. 脾氣壞的; 不友好的

She made a sour face in his direction. 她給了他一副不友善的臉色。

4. sourlyADV 脾氣壞地; 不友好地[ADV with v]

"Leave my mother out of it," he said sourly. “不要把我母親扯進去。”他生氣地說。

5. ADJ If a situation or relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory. 令人失望的

Everything turned sour for me there. 對我來說那兒的一切都變得令人失望了。

The American dream is beginning to turn sour. 美國夢正開始破滅。

6. V-T/V-I If a friendship, situation, or attitude sours or if something sours it, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful. 使變糟; 變糟

If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views. 假如有什麽事情使關系惡化的話，那可能就是他們在世界觀方麪所存在的實質性差異。