1 having a sharp taste like that of a lemon 酸的:
This sauce is quite sour.这种调味汁很酸。
2 (used especially about milk) tasting or smelling unpleasant because it is no longer fresh (尤指牛奶)变酸的:
This cream has gone sour.这奶油变酸了。
3 (used about people) angry and unpleasant (指人)坏脾气的,令人不快的:
a sour expression难看的表情a sour-facedold woman面带愠色的老太太
sourverb [T] (formal 正式)
The disagreement over trade tariffs has soured relations between the two countries.贸易关税问题上的分歧使两国关系变坏了。 ➔sourlyadv➔sournessnoun [U]
go/turn sour to stop being pleasant or friendly 变坏;变糟:
Their relationship turned sour after a few months.几个月后,他们的关系变坏了。sour grapes pretending to not want sth that in fact you secretly want, because you cannot have it 酸葡萄(因为得不到而说自己不想要)