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acridity

/ak-rid/US // ˈæk rɪd //UK // (ˈækrɪd) //

酸度,尖锐化,尖锐性,尖锐度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
    • : extremely or sharply stinging or bitter; exceedingly caustic: acrid remarks.

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Examples

  • Soaked in never-ending streams of bright orange bear spray, the officers choked on plumes of acrid smoke that singed their nostrils and obscured their vision.

  • It is acrid, colourless, and crystalline, and imparts its acridity to the plant.

  • Mr. Strachey, without abandoning the acridity of his style, exposes Florence Nightingale as a great constructor of civilization.

  • Thomas Nash will himself hardly escape the charge of acridity, but only injustice or want of discernment will call him a quack.

  • Henry declined the combat, and after she sensed his intention, she went on, with increasing acridity.

  • This species is quite common; and though very acrid to the taste, this acridity is entirely lost in cooking.