acerbity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈsɜːbɪti/    美 /əˈsɝbɪti/|[əˈsɝbɪɾi]|/əˈsɜːbɪti/|[əˈsɜːbɪɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. countable,uncountable
  2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity countable,uncountable
    — acerbity of temper, of language, of pain
  3. Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience). countable
    — […] the recollection of that yesterday […] made him bear with the meekness and patience of a true-hearted man all the worrying little acerbities of to-day;

词形变化

acerbities plural

词源

Borrowed from French acerbité, from Latin acerbitās (“acerbity; harshness”), from acerbus (“bitter”). See acerb.
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