3ADJ (牛奶)变质的,馊的Sour milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh. (牛奶)变质的,馊的
4ADJ-GRADED (人)乖戾的,尖酸刻薄的,不友好的 Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. (人)乖戾的,尖酸刻薄的,不友好的
She made a sour face in his direction.
她冲他阴沉着脸。
Police, weary and increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate.
警察们疲惫不堪,心情也越来越糟糕,他们不禁满腹狐疑地问:为什么听凭情况不断地恶化下去?
sourly
'Leave my mother out of it,' he said sourly.
“不要把我母亲搅进去,”他没好气地说。
5ADJ (状况、关系等)变坏,变糟,不再令人满意 If a situation or relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory. (状况、关系等)变坏,变糟,不再令人满意
Everything turned sour for me there.
在那里,对我来说一切变得很不顺利。
Even the European dream is beginning to turn sour.
甚至连欧洲之梦都开始破灭了。
Their songs are filled with tales of love gone sour.
他们的歌里充斥着变了味的爱情故事。
6V-ERG (使)(友谊、局势、态度等)变坏;(使)恶化 If a friendship, situation, or attitude sours or if something sours it, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful. (使)(友谊、局势、态度等)变坏;(使)恶化
If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views. [VERB noun]
7PHRASE 酸葡萄(喻指由于得不到而加以贬低的东西) If you refer to someone's attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they say that something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it. 酸葡萄(喻指由于得不到而加以贬低的东西)
Page's response to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: 'Life's too short for that.'