请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sweet and sour
释义

sweet and soursweet-souradj.

Etymology: < sweet adj. + and conj.1 + sour adj.
1. = sour-sweet adj. Also, alternatively sweet and sour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > sweet-sour
eager-dulce1548
eager-sweet1600
sour-sweet1601
dulcacid1656
dulcoacid1657
dulcoamare1657
acidulcis1682
sweet and sourc1879
agrodolce1894
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > sour or sweet
eager-dulce1548
eager-sweet1600
sour-sweet1601
dulcoacid1657
dulcoamare1657
sweet and sourc1879
1594 S. Daniel Trag. Cleopatra iv. in Wks. (1717) 286 To have eat the sweet-sower Bread of Poverty.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 352 It will taste a little Sweet-sour, from the Sugar and from the Currant.
c1879 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 179 When the air was sweet-and-sour of the flown fineflour of Those goldnails and their gaylinks that hang along a lime.
1909 E. B. Titchener Text-bk. Psychol. i. xxxvii. 141 The mixed sweet-sour stimulus affects only the sour-sensitive bulbs.
1959 Vogue Dec. 120/1 This sweet-and-sour glimpse of the cultured Sahib chez soi continually excites by its freshness.
1967 P. D. James Unnatural Causes iii. iv. 211 Dalgliesh could smell his breath, the sweet-sour trace of too much drinking.
1975 Chem. in Brit. XI. 18/3 If it [sc. the chemical industry] is subjected to short term sweet-and-sour treatments of restraints, constraints, stimuli, and instant statute, it could very easily be damaged beyond repair.
2. Cookery. Cooked in or flavoured with sugar and vinegar or lemon. Now esp. of Chinese food. Also absol. as n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [adjective] > flavoured in other ways
aloed1628
caryophyllated1651
alliate1661
sweet and sour1723
nutmegged1743
lemoned1767
creamed1769
origanized1853
vinegared1861
chicoried1879
parsleyed1879
minted1881
saffroned1881
mocha1892
nutmeggy1928
herbed1941
vanillaed1962
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Ll2 To make a Sweet-sour-tart. Boil..Sugar in..Verjuice, or Lemon Juice.
1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. v. 103 Mrs. Emmanuel brought in some fish cooked in sweet-and-sour sauce.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 360/2 The soup should have a pleasant ‘sweet-sour’ taste.
1959 E. Mannin Blue-eyed Boy i. xi. 129 ‘A little more sweet-and-sour?’ ‘A lot,’ said Len. He added, ‘It's tasty, I must say.’
1961 B. W. Aldiss Primal Urge ii. 41 They ate their chow mein, sweet and sour pork and crispy noodles.
1977 Times 7 May 9 The usual chow meins and sweet-and-sours can be had.
1978 Texas Highways Feb. 16/2 Hong Kong chicken in a sweet-sour sauce.
1982 C. Thomas Jade Tiger 5 The German Chancellor's top adviser..struck down by sweet and sour pork.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
adj.1594
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/23 15:25:47