adj.苦的；痛苦的；辛酸的；激烈的
adv.激烈地；極其
vt.使變苦
n.苦澀；苦酒；苦的東西
The medicine has a bitter taste. 這藥有苦味。
The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow. 那次失敗是一次難以吞咽的苦果。
She wept bitter tears over the loss of her lover. 她為失去了她的情人而流下痛苦的眼淚。
Her voice took on a sudden bitter note. 她的聲音帶著一股出意料的辛酸語氣。
His story brought back our bitter past . 他的事使我們想起辛酸的往事。
The bitter quarrel ended their friendship. 那場激烈的爭吵結(jié)束了他的友誼。
用作副詞 (adv.)He is bitter in his condemnation of terrorism. 他言辭激烈地譴責(zé)恐怖主義。
It has stopped snowing, but there's a bitter cold wind. 已經(jīng)停止下雪啦,不過,還刮著刺骨的寒風(fēng)。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)Green tea, unlike black tea, has not been oxidized and can easily turn bitter if not made properly. 綠茶與紅茶不同，沒有經(jīng)過發(fā)酵氧化，如果處理不當(dāng)很容易發(fā)澀變苦。
The star is called Wormwood, and a third of the water的名詞復(fù)數(shù));（湖、河等的）水域;...v.給…水喝(water的第三人稱單數(shù));在…澆水[灑水];往（酒里）摻水;..." target="_blank">waters was turned into wormwood and many people died because of the water which had turned bitter. 于是水的三分之一變成苦的，許多人因水變苦了而死去。
用作名詞 (n.)He has tasted the sweets and bitters of life. 他已嘗遍了人生的甜酸苦辣。
A pint of bitter, please. 請來一品脫苦啤酒。
bitter是五味之一,主要指奎寧等藥物的苦味,也指啤酒、橘皮等的苦味,即“苦味的”,這種不合意的味道滲透力強,持續(xù)時間長,難以躲避。bitter還可指“難以接受的,引起悲傷的”“怨恨的,失望的”“嚴(yán)寒的,刺骨的”。
bitter在句中可用作定語或表語。
more bitter和most bitter是比較常用的比較級和最高級形式，但也可用bitterest。
n.(名詞)bitter用作名詞時意思是用蛇麻子調(diào)味的苦啤酒。多用于英式英語中。
bitter是不可數(shù)名詞,無復(fù)數(shù)形式。
“一杯苦啤酒”可說a cup〔glass〕 of bitter，也可說a bitter。
