Sour

(noun.) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth.

(noun.) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar.

(verb.) go sour or spoil; 'The milk has soured'; 'The wine worked'; 'The cream has turned--we have to throw it out'.

(verb.) make sour or more sour.

(adj.) smelling of fermentation or staleness .

(adj.) having a sharp biting taste .

(adj.) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons .

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• Now, Handel, I am quite free from the flavor of sour grapes, upon my soul and honor! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He thinks it is like bran, raised with sour yeast. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I may remark that the bread in these sausages was not treated, and therefore it has become slightly sour, but the pork has kept perfectly fresh. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Laurie took Amy to drive, which was a deed of charity, for the sour cream seemed to have had a bad effect upon her temper. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The other half very soon turned sour, and had to be thrown away, but that to which the substance was added was perfectly fresh that morning. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• But being soured, Mr Wegg, and driven to reckless madness and desperation, I suppose it's Yes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Her temper has been soured, remember, and ought not to be tried. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She seemed to be more soured and put out than distressed, by failing to find any traces of her daughter in these parts. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Yes, but hang it,' says Wegg argumentatively, 'a well-governed mind can be soured sitting! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Soured and listless, Miss Fanshawe was beginning to disclose the causes of her prostrate condition. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A sour wine, moreover, or a souring, for its influence on the mood of those who drank it was to make them gloomy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Even milk is not exempt, but is doctored to prevent souring, the preservative most generally used by milk dealers being formaldehyde. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The spoiling of meats and soups, and the souring of milk and preserves, are due to germs which, like those producing disease, can be destroyed by heat and by chemicals. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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