bitter

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈbɪt.ə/|[ˈbɪt.ʰə]|[ˈbɪʔ.ə]    /ˈbɪ.tɚ/|[ˈbɪ.ɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic. countable,uncountable
    — Thus I begin: "All is not gold that glitters, "Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters.
  2. A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits). in-compounds,informal
    — However, 16-bitters are far more expensive than the 8-bit variety. And, unfortunately, have only a handful of business applications software packages that really take advantage of them.
  3. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops. countable,uncountable
  4. A turn of a cable about the bitts. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To make bitter. archaic
    — bittered with the hop
形容词 adj.
  1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
    — The coffee tasted bitter.
  2. Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
    — It was at the end of February, […] when the world was cold, and a bitter wind howled down the moors […].
  3. Hateful or hostile.
    — They're bitter enemies.
  4. Cynical and resentful.
    — I've been bitter ever since that defeat.
副词 adv.
  1. To an intense or severe degree; bitterly.
    — A dynamic personality in the outfit, he met his death in the bitter-fought engagements in Venafro.

词形变化

more bitter comparative bitterer comparative most bitter superlative bitterest superlative more bitter comparative most bitter superlative bitters plural bitters present,singular,third-person bittering participle,present bittered participle,past bittered past bitters plural

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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰidrós
Proto-Germanic *bitraz
Proto-West Germanic *bitr
Old English biter
Middle English bittre
English bitter
From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian, Low German, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “bitter”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English bit
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English bitter
From bit + -er.
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