rancid

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Rank in taste or smell.
    — The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
  2. Offensive. Unpleasant.
    — Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.

词形变化

more rancid comparative most rancid superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Latin ranceō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin ranciduslbor.
English rancid
Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”).
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