vinegar

• n. 醋

vin-,葡萄，葡萄酒，-egar,酸的，詞源同acid。用來指醋。

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.

加入少許香脂醋。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Wine vinegar tenderises meat.

酒醋能讓肉變嫩。

來自柯林斯例句

3. onions pickled in vinegar

用醋泡製的洋蔥

來自《權威詞典》

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

他的反駁帶著強烈不滿的口氣.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Vinegar is used in preserving food.

醋可用來保存食物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》