soured
酸化,酸化的,变质的,变酸了
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sour·er, sour·est.
- : having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- : rendered acid or affected by fermentation; fermented.
- : producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, salt, or sweet.
- : characteristic of something fermented: a sour smell.
- : distasteful or disagreeable; unpleasant.
- : below standard; poor.
- : harsh in spirit or temper; austere; morose; peevish.
- : Agriculture. having excessive acidity.
- : contaminated by sulfur compounds.
- : Music. off-pitch; badly produced: a sour note.
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- : something that is sour.
- : any of various cocktails consisting typically of whiskey or gin with lemon or lime juice and sugar and sometimes soda water, often garnished with a slice of orange, a maraschino cherry, or both.
- : an acid or an acidic substance used in laundering and bleaching to neutralize alkalis and to decompose residual soap or bleach.
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- : to become sour, rancid, mildewed, etc.; spoil: Milk sours quickly in warm weather. The laundry soured before it was ironed.
- : to become unpleasant or strained; worsen; deteriorate: Relations between the two countries have soured.
- : to become bitter, disillusioned, or disinterested: I guess I soured when I learned he was married. My loyalty soured after his last book.
- : Agriculture. to develop excessive acidity.
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- : to make sour; cause sourness in: What do they use to sour the mash?
- : to cause spoilage in; rot: Defective cartons soured the apples.
- : to make bitter, disillusioned, or disagreeable: One misadventure needn't have soured him. That swindle soured a great many potential investors.
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Following the same principle, you can reduce the intensity of a sweet dessert by adding a sour contrasting element.
It can be purchased online or in some grocery stores in the canning section under the name “sour salt.”
After Jared became CEO in 2008, the company turned its ambitions to high-profile commercial properties in New York City, a foray that turned sour.
For my part, I took the sour grapes route and decided that it was better to be in New York.
His stance soured his relationships with friends such as George Washington, a lifelong neighbor, and he never ran for president, unlike other fellow Virginians and Founding Fathers Jefferson and James Madison.
As the economy soured, Californians began to think in terms of limited resources and came to see migration as a zero sum game.
Since its inception, Hamas has had close ties with Iran, but relations soured when civil war broke out in Syria.
According to De Jesus, ICE management soured on Arambula for reasons that he did not make clear during his testimony.
The relationship between the partners soured and devolved into ugly squabbling and litigation.
But her mood soured, she says, when another airman made an inappropriate sexual comment.
He pictured himself as an old grouch, soured on the world, and surely uncompanionable.
The praises lavished upon her were honestly won—too much would have satiated, not spoiled—the utter absence of reward soured her.
The Creeks came west, soured and disappointed, and but little disposed for the effort before them.
"They seem to have soured the disposition of the Tide Mill," ventured Sylvia.
His wholly sweet spirit could not be soured by the injustices and insolences that came into his life.