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Acerbic talk is sharp like a sour taste. The criticism is clever — there is wit in it — but it is meant to sting. , columnists, and some comedians get called acerbic. It is a grown-up, slightly word; in the classroom, students would more often say mean, sharp, or sarcastic. Though actually, it started as a word for bitter flavour, from Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”), and people still sometimes use it that way. The sense you will meet most is the clever-cruel one: not just , but with style.
尖酸刻薄的（多指言詞）
組成From Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”), with the English adjective ending -ic. In use since the 17th century.
同家族的字
- acerbitythe noun: that sharp, bitter quality
- exacerbatefrom the same Latin acerbus; to make something more bitter or more severe
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
acerbicadj/əˈsɜː(ɹ)bɪk/
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Tasting sour or bitter.
- Those consumers who object to the acerbic taste of garlic can purchase de-odorized garlic or allicin extract.
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Sharp, harsh, biting.
- Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt the Lip."
- [H]e is one of the most acerbic people in his field, quick to take offense and not shy about telling people with whom he disagrees how much he thinks they have failed in thought and action.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。