Word · Frequency #7745
sours
酸酒；沙瓦鸡尾酒（烈酒加柠檬汁和糖调制）
sours is the plural of sour.
a cocktail made with liquor (especially whiskey or gin), lemon or lime juice, and sugar
常见于 whiskey sour（威士忌酸酒）等酒名。
- 1.
The sensation of a sour taste.
酸味的感觉。
- 2.
a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
用烈酒(威士忌或金酒)加柠檬汁和糖调制的鸡尾酒
- 3.
A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
用威士忌、柠檬或酸橙汁和糖制成的饮料。
- 4.
the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
酸味
- 5.
Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
任何含有柠檬或酸橙汁的鸡尾酒。
- 6.
the property of being acidic
酸性
- 7.
A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
具有强烈酸味的糖果。
- 8.
A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
酸性物质；产生痛苦效果的东西。
- 9.
The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
用于酸化织物的酸性溶液。
酸味；酸的口感；酸味糖果；酸性；酸度；含柠檬汁或青柠汁的鸡尾酒；酸味物质；令人痛苦的事物
In use
After work, he ordered a whiskey sour to relax.
She prefers a gin sour over any other cocktail.
The bartender made a classic sour with fresh lemon juice.
Connections
Collocations
- whiskey sour
- 威士忌酸酒
- I ordered a whiskey sour at the bar.我在酒吧点了一杯威士忌酸酒。
- pisco sour
- 皮斯科酸酒
- The pisco sour is Peru's most famous cocktail.皮斯科酸酒是秘鲁最著名的鸡尾酒。
- amaretto sour
- 苦杏酒酸酒
- She prefers an amaretto sour to a whiskey sour.与威士忌酸酒相比，她更喜欢苦杏酒酸酒。
- gin sour
- 金酒酸酒
- He made a gin sour with fresh lime juice.他用鲜青柠汁调了一杯金酒酸酒。
Idioms & figurative uses
- sour grapes
- 酸葡萄心理（因得不到而贬低某物）He said the movie was terrible, but that's just sour grapes because he didn't get the role.他说这部电影很糟糕，但那只是酸葡萄心理，因为他没有得到那个角色。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看见柠檬皱眉头说“so sour”，名词就记这股酸味；也指加柠檬汁和糖的鸡尾酒，如 whiskey sour。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常谈论味道或糖果、酒吧或鸡尾酒单 作为名词，sour 的语域随语境变化：指酸味或酸味糖果时多用于日常口语，比较常见于食品和口味描述；指鸡尾酒时通常出现在酒吧或饮品相关场合，属于特定场景用语。
Grammar Note
作为鸡尾酒时可数，作为酸味时不可数
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhyming with /ˈsaʊɚ/: hour, flour, power, tower (all end in /aʊɚ/). Beware lookalikes: pour /pɔːr/ and tour /tʊr/ end in -our but have different vowel sounds and do not rhyme with sour.
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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