vinegar

• n. 醋

vin-,葡萄，葡萄酒，-egar,酸的，词源同acid。用来指醋。

vinegar

vinegar: [13] Etymologically, vinegar is ‘sour wine’. The term was borrowed from Old French vyn egre, whose elements went back respectively to Latin vīnum ‘wine’ (source of English wine) and acer ‘sharp, pungent’ (source of English eager). In modern French, vyn egre became vinaigre, and its diminutive form has given English vinaigrette [17]. This originally denoted a sort of small French carriage, which supposedly resembled a vinegar-seller’s cart; the modern application to an ‘oil-and-vinegar dressing’ is not recorded in English until the end of the 19th century.
=> acid, acrid, eager, wine

vinegar (n.)

early 14c., from Old French vinaigre "vinegar," from vin "wine" (from Latin vinum; see wine (n.)) + aigre "sour" (see eager). In Latin, it was vinum acetum "wine turned sour;" compare Greek oxos "wine vinegar," which is related to oxys "sharp" (see acrid). Related: Vinegary; vinegarish.

1. Add a dash of balsamic vinegar.

加入少许香脂醋。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Wine vinegar tenderises meat.

酒醋能让肉变嫩。

来自柯林斯例句

3. onions pickled in vinegar

用醋泡制的洋葱

来自《权威词典》

4. His retort was delivered with a strong note of vinegar.

他的反驳带着强烈不满的口气.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Vinegar is used in preserving food.

醋可用来保存食物.

来自《简明英汉词典》