Word · Frequency #7745
soured
使变酸；变酸
soured is the past of sour.
to make or become sour
- 1.
To make sour.
使变酸。
- 2.
To become sour.
变酸。
- 3.
To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
破坏或损害；使失去兴趣。
- 4.
To become disenchanted.
失去兴趣。
- 5.
To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
使(土壤)变冷和不肥沃。
- 6.
To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
浸泡(石灰)使其适合用于灰泥或砂浆。
- 7.
To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
漂白后用盐酸或硫酸处理(织物)以洗去石灰。
使变糟；使失望；变得失望；使（土壤）变冷贫瘠；浸渍（石灰）以用于抹灰或砂浆；用酸处理（漂白后的织物）以去除石灰；使变酸。
In use
The milk soured because I left it on the table overnight.
Adding too much lemon juice will sour the sauce.
Hot weather sours cream very quickly if it is not refrigerated.
Verb forms
base sour · third person sours · -ing souring · past soured · past participle soured
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- sour the relationship
- 破坏关系
- His constant criticism soured their relationship.他不断的批评破坏了他们的关系。
- sour the mood
- 使气氛变坏
- The bad news soured the mood at the party.这个坏消息使派对的气氛变坏了。
- sour the deal
- 使交易失败
- Disagreements over price soured the deal.价格上的分歧使交易失败了。
- sour on something
- 对某事失望
- Many investors soured on the stock after the scandal.丑闻之后，许多投资者对这支股票感到失望。
- go sour
- 变酸；变得糟糕
- The milk went sour overnight.牛奶过夜变酸了。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象你咬了一口柠檬，酸得皱眉，嘴里发出‘嗖’的一声，记住‘sour’就是酸的意思。
Context & Register
作动词时，常用于描述食物变酸或关系变坏，多见于非正式或中性语境，也可用于正式描写。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the same /aʊɚ/ sound, spelled with 'our' (except 'our' itself). Warning: words like 'pour' /pɔr/ and 'tour' /tʊr/ look similar but sound different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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