English Dictionary

sour

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹ/

形容詞

性格 土壌 前置詞句

Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste. / Made rancid by fermentation, etc. / Tasting or smelling rancid. / (of a person's character) Peevish or bad-tempered.

日本語の意味

酸っぱい：酸味があり、鋭い、またはピリッとした味がする。 / 発酵などによって腐敗した状態：酸っぱくなって腐敗したもの。 / 腐敗臭がする状態：不快な臭いを放つ。 / (人の性格が)不機嫌である、すねた：機嫌が悪く、皮肉な態度をとる。

The sour lemonade made my lips pucker as soon as I took a sip.

その酸っぱいレモネードを一口飲むと、すぐに唇がすぼんだ。

意味（1）

Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

Lemons have a sour taste.

意味（2）

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour.

意味（3）

Tasting or smelling rancid.

His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him.

意味（4）

(of a person's character) Peevish or bad-tempered.

He gave me a sour look.

意味（5）

(of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.

sour land

意味（6）

(of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.

sour gas smells like rotten eggs

意味（7）

Unfortunate or unfavorable.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity

意味（8）

(music) Off-pitch, out of tune.

Unlike what the name implies, there is nothing inherently wrong with a sour note: It is perfectly well-tuned note that would sound normal in another context (and which presumably would not sound sour to someone unfamiliar with tonal music).

sourer （ comparative ）

sourest （ superlative ）