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　　acerbic: 辛辣的; 尖酸的; acid in temper, mood, or tone

　　1) sour or harsh in taste, mood, or temperament

　　2) having a sour or bitter taste or character

　　3) harsh or corrosive in tone

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　　4) (adj.) tasting sour; harsh in language or temper

　　Synonyms: acidic, caustic, harsh, sharpacerbic <> sweet, saccharin

　　Too much Bay Leaf will make the eggplant acerbic.

　　The baby&aposs mouth puckered when she was given the acerbic medicine.

　　The columnist&aposs acerbic comments about the First Lady drew a strong denunciation from the President.

　　1. The labor union and the company&aposs management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly swift, albeit still tentative, agreement on next year&aposs contract.

　　2. He tried to hide his bad mood, but his acerbic reply gave his anger away.

　　adj. 酸涩的心情、心境或者语调： marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings

　　【例】 acerbic commentary 尖酸的评论

　　【近】 pungent, sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing 

　　【反】 sweet, saccharin 甜的，糖精(甜)

　　【派】 acerbity n. 酸

　　shurburt is too acerbic for some people

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