acerbic
英语
编辑词源
编辑17世纪起可考，源自拉丁语 acerbus (“酸的，苦的”)。
发音
编辑形容词
编辑acerbic (比较级 more acerbic，最高级 most acerbic)
- 味道酸的；味道苦的
- 1998年8月5日, Dr. Peter Gott, “Can inhaler cause addiction?”, 出自 Catoosa County News, retrieved 19 Sep 2009:
- Those consumers who object to the acerbic taste of garlic can purchase de-odorized garlic or allicin extract.
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- (比喻义) 尖酸刻薄的
- 1986年9月22日, “West Germany: Last Taunts From the Lip”, 出自 Time, retrieved 25 Apr 2014:
- Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt the Lip."
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- 2005年5月5日, Jay Mathews, “Don't Fire This Professor”, 出自 Washington Post，第 T6 页:
- [H]e is one of the most acerbic people in his field, quick to take offense and not shy about telling people with whom he disagrees how much he thinks they have failed in thought and action.
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近义词
编辑- (酸或苦)： acerb、acrid、acrimonious (古旧)
- (尖酸刻薄)： acrid、acrimonious (古旧)、scathing