sour /ˈsaʊə/ CET4 TEM4 ( souring, soured, sours )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  The stewed apple was sour even with honey.

  炖过的苹果即使加了蜂蜜也还是酸的。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  The milk had gone sour.

  牛奶已经馊了。

• 3. 

  ADJ Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. 脾气坏的; 不友好的

  例：

  She made a sour face in his direction.

  她给了他一副不友善的脸色。

• 4. 

  sourly ADV 脾气坏地; 不友好地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  "Leave my mother out of it," he said sourly.

  “不要把我母亲扯进去。”他生气地说。

• 5. 

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

  例：

  Everything turned sour for me there.

  对我来说那儿的一切都变得令人失望了。

  例：

  The American dream is beginning to turn sour.

  美国梦正开始破灭。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views.

  假如有什么事情使关系恶化的话，那可能就是他们在世界观方面所存在的实质性差异。