Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sour
Sour
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adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar, esp. because of unripeness (sour apples). 2 a (of food, esp. milk or bread) bad because of fermentation. b smelling or tasting rancid or unpleasant. 3 (of a person, temper, etc.) harsh; morose; bitter. 4 (of a thing) unpleasant; distasteful. 5 (of the soil) deficient in lime and usually dank. --n. 1 US a drink with lemon- or lime-juice (whisky sour). 2 an acid solution used in bleaching etc. --v.tr. & intr. make or become sour (soured the cream; soured by misfortune). Phrases and idioms go (or turn) sour 1 (of food etc.) become sour. 2 turn out badly (the job went sour on him). 3 lose one's keenness. sour cream cream deliberately fermented by adding bacteria. sour grapes resentful disparagement of something one cannot personally acquire. sour mash US a brewing- or distilling-mash made acid to promote fermentation. Derivatives sourish adj. sourly adv. sourness n. Etymology: OE sur f. Gmc
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūr; akin to Old High German sūr ~, Lithuanian sūrus salty Date: before 12th century causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids , 2. a. having the acid taste or smell of or as if of fermentation ; turned , of or relating to fermentation, smelling or tasting of decay ; rancid, rotten , c. bad, wrong , hostile, disenchanted , 3. unpleasant, distasteful, cross, sullen, not up to the usual, expected, or standard quality or pitch, acid in reaction, containing malodorous sulfur compounds, ~ish adjective ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: before 12th century 1. something ~, the primary taste sensation produced by acid stimuli, a cocktail consisting of a liquor (as whiskey), lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes ice, III. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become ~, transitive verb to make ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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