英语
词源
拉丁语 acerbus ← 拉丁语 ācer (“尖的”)；对比法语 acerbe。参见acrid。
发音
形容词
acerb（比较级 acerber 或 more acerb，最高级 acerbest 或 most acerb）
- 〈古〉 味道酸涩的
- 近义词： acerbic
- 1732，Edward Strother， Prælectiones Pharmaco-mathicæ & medico-practicæ:
- If you put Spirit of Sulphur to the Peruvian Bark, it then becomes very acerb. If you mix Mercury with Spirit of Nitre or Oil of Vitriol whilst it boils, it then is very acerb.
- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- 〈古〉〈喻〉 尖刻的
- 近义词： acerbic
- 1909, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Debates: Official Report (volume 1, page 1970)
- As to the somewhat acerb remarks of the member for Jacques Cartier, I may pass them over […]
相关词汇
- acerbate
- acerbically
- acerbity
- exacerbate
参考资料
- acerb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913