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bitterness

/bit-er-nis/US // ˈbɪt ər nɪs //

苦味,辛酸,苦涩,苦难

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a harsh, acrid taste that is one of the four basic taste sensations; a taste that is not sour, sweet, or salty:The beer’s initial flavor profile is a faint bitterness, with a lingering, slightly cloying sweetness.
    • : a feeling of pain or distress: The bitter herbs at a Passover Seder are meant to remind us of the bitterness of slavery.
    • : a feeling of antagonism, hostility, or resentfulness: There was no shortage of people expressing frustration and bitterness about the slow pace of the relief efforts.

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Examples

  • Her recent analysis already shows that caffeine, theobromine and epicatechin, which all produce a bitter flavor, can help set apart one country’s chocolates from another’s.

  • Tandoori-marinated fish and chips, avocado fried rice, and cocktails spiked with ingredients like cardamom bitters and lemongrass liqueurs keep things familiar but still adventurous.

  • At London’s American Bar at The Savoy, a housemade salted chestnut liqueur is the star of the Radio Hurricane cocktail, which also contains bourbon, Pedro Ximénez sherry, dry vermouth, toasted oak bitters, and lime.

  • That’s right, the bitter rival of his hometown University of Texas.

  • So the scientists monitored the brain to see if it received bitter, sweet or umami signals when mice lacked a key protein needed for these broadly tasting cells to relay information.

  • But while his departure was “inexpressibly painful,” he never succumbed to bitterness.

  • At its worst, The Stranger merely recycles the biases, conventional wisdom, and cynical bitterness of inside-the-beltway habitués.

  • Perhaps some of that solitude and bitterness found its way into Alec Leamas.

  • His self-doubt prompts him to exert more control and project bitterness.

  • A U.S. diplomat once spoke with bitterness of the breadth of his power when negotiating with an uncooperative dictator.

  • Bernard sat thinking for a long time; at first with a good deal of mortification—at last with a good deal of bitterness.

  • A pang, a bitterness that lasted for a day or for a year—and the gap would be filled again by some one else.

  • He recalled the old bitterness and the old antagonism, and for a moment he almost lost his temper.

  • In the first moments of her bitterness and anger, the voice had added, "Nigel shall pay me for this."

  • To this there was no response, the stranger thinking with bitterness that his trip was anything but one of pleasure.