sour /'sauә/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- (n.) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- (v.) go sour or spoil
Chinese translation
- a. 酸的, 酸臭的, 发酵的, 愠怒的, 讨厌的, 拙劣的, 不健全的
- vi. 变酸, 发酵, 厌烦, 变坏
- vt. 使变酸, 使失望
Word details
- Part of speech
- adjective / verb
- Pronunciation
- /'sauә/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.88 · Rare
Word forms
soured, sours, souring, sourer, sourest
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