acidulous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Slightly sour; subacid; sourish.
    — the hard, acidulous, metallic tincture of the spring
  2. Sharp; caustic. figuratively
    — He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X.
  3. Containing carbonic acid.
    — acidulous mineral waters

词汇关系

衍生词
acidulously acidulousness nonacidulous subacidulous

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), diminutive of acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid. By surface analysis, acid + -ule + -ous.
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