vinegar 音标拼音: [v'ɪnəgɚ]
n . 醋,尖酸味
vt . 加醋于,使酸溜溜
醋,尖酸味加醋於,使酸溜溜
vinegar n 1 :
sour -
tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative [
synonym : {
vinegar }, {
acetum }]
2 :
dilute acetic acid Vinegar \
Vin "
e *
gar \,
v .
t .
To convert into vinegar ;
to make like vinegar ;
to render sour or sharp . [
Obs .]
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Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses As he was bid . --
B .
Jonson .
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Vinegar \
Vin "
e *
gar \,
n . [
OE .
vinegre ,
F .
vinaigre ;
vin wine (
L .
vinum )
aigre sour .
See {
Wine },
and {
Eager },
a .]
1 .
A sour liquid used as a condiment ,
or as a preservative ,
and obtained by the spontaneous (
acetous )
fermentation ,
or by the artificial oxidation ,
of wine ,
cider ,
beer ,
or the like .
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Note :
The characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic acid ,
of which it contains from three to five per cent .
Wine vinegar contains also tartaric acid ,
citric acid ,
etc .
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2 .
Hence ,
anything sour ; --
used also metaphorically .
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Here '
s the challenge : . . .
I warrant there '
s vinegar and pepper in '
t . --
Shak .
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{
Aromatic vinegar },
strong acetic acid highly flavored with aromatic substances .
{
Mother of vinegar }.
See 4th {
Mother }.
{
Radical vinegar },
acetic acid .
{
Thieves '
vinegar }.
See under {
Thief }.
{
Vinegar eel } (
Zool .),
a minute nematode worm ({
Leptodera oxophila },
or {
Anguillula acetiglutinis }),
commonly found in great numbers in vinegar ,
sour paste ,
and other fermenting vegetable substances ; --
called also {
vinegar worm }.
{
Vinegar lamp } (
Chem .),
a fanciful name of an apparatus designed to oxidize alcohol to acetic acid by means of platinum .
{
Vinegar plant }.
See 4th {
Mother }.
{
Vinegar tree } (
Bot .),
the stag -
horn sumac ({
Rhus typhina }),
whose acid berries have been used to intensify the sourness of vinegar .
{
Wood vinegar }.
See under {
Wood }.
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24 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vinegar ":
acid ,
acidulant ,
bread -
and -
butter pickle ,
brine ,
chokecherry ,
crab apple ,
dill pickle ,
embalming fluid ,
formaldehyde ,
green apple ,
lemon ,
lime ,
pickle ,
preservative ,
preservative medium ,
salt ,
sour ,
sour balls ,
sour cream ,
sour grapes ,
sour pickle ,
sourdough ,
verjuice ,
yogurt Vinegar Heb .
hometz ,
Gr .
oxos ,
Fr .
vin aigre ;
i .
e ., "
sour wine ."
The Hebrew word is rendered vinegar in Ps .
69 :
21 ,
a prophecy fulfilled in the history of the crucifixion (
Matt .
27 :
34 ).
This was the common sour wine (
posea )
daily made use of by the Roman soldiers .
They gave it to Christ ,
not in derision ,
but from compassion ,
to assuage his thirst .
Prov .
10 :
26 shows that there was also a stronger vinegar ,
which was not fit for drinking .
The comparison , "
vinegar upon nitre ,"
probably means "
vinegar upon soda " (
as in the marg .
of the R .
V .),
which then effervesces .
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