acerb
英語
编辑詞源
编辑拉丁語 acerbus ← 拉丁語 ācer (“尖的”);對比法語 acerbe。參見acrid。
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编辑形容詞
编辑acerb (比較級 acerber 或 more acerb,最高級 acerbest 或 most acerb)
- 〈古〉 味道酸澀的
- 近義詞:acerbic
- 1732, Edward Strother, Prælectiones Pharmaco-mathicæ & medico-practicæ:
- If you put Spirit of Sulphur to the Peruvian Bark, it then becomes very acerb. If you mix Mercury with Spirit of Nitre or Oil of Vitriol whilst it boils, it then is very acerb.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 〈古〉〈喻〉 尖刻的
- 近義詞:acerbic
- 1909, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Debates: Official Report (volume 1, page 1970)
- As to the somewhat acerb remarks of the member for Jacques Cartier, I may pass them over […]
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编辑參考資料
编辑- “acerb”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302