| 单词 | bitter |
| 释义 | bitter adj. & n. --adj 1. having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2. a caused by or showing mental pain or resentment (bitter memories; bitter rejoinder). b painful or difficult to accept (bitter disappointment). 3. a harsh; virulent (bitter animosity). b piercingly cold. --n 1. Brit. beer strongly flavoured with hops and having a bitter taste. 2. (in pl.) liquor with a bitter flavour (esp. of wormwood) used as an additive in cocktails. Phrases and idioms bitter-apple = COLOCYNTH. bitter orange = SEVILLE ORANGE. bitter pill something unpleasant that has to be accepted. bitter-sweet adj. 1. sweet with a bitter after-taste. 2. arousing pleasure tinged with pain or sorrow. --n 1. a sweetness with a bitter after-taste. b pleasure tinged with pain or sorrow. 2. = woody nightshade (see NIGHTSHADE). to the bitter end to the very end in spite of difficulties. Derivatives bitterly adv. bitterness n. Etymology: OE biter prob. f. Gmc: to the bitter end may be assoc. with a Naut. word bitter = 'last part of a cable': see BITTS |
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