喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture acid: a liquid that bites — spill a strong one and it eats into whatever it lands on. Two things come off that bite. On the tongue it is the sharp sourness of a lemon; in speech it is a remark that stings the person it lands on.

可以想成 acid 是「會咬東西的液體」：強酸滴下去，碰到什麼就侵蝕什麼。從這個「咬」延伸出兩件事——在舌頭上，它是…更多收起可以想成 acid 是「會咬東西的液體」：強酸滴下去，碰到什麼就侵蝕什麼。從這個「咬」延伸出兩件事——在舌頭上，它是檸檬那種尖尖的酸；在言語裡，它是一句話落在誰身上就刺痛誰。

From the picture

話語裡的尖與試煉

把「會咬人」搬到看不見的地方：一句話可以像酸一樣蝕人，一場考驗也可以像酸一樣把假的東西溶掉、只留下真的。

sharp, biting tone · adjective · B2

Used about words or a tone that use sharp humour to hurt or criticize someone.

尖酸的；刻薄的

俚語裡的迷幻藥

同一個字被拿去當某種違法藥物的俗稱；這是俚語上的借用，跟化學上的酸沒有意思上的延伸關係。

LSD (slang) · noun · B2

A slang name for LSD, a dangerous illegal drug that changes how a person sees things.

迷幻藥（毒品）

Also in this word

acid, chemistry · noun · B2

A chemical liquid with a pH lower than 7; strong acids can burn or damage the things they touch.

酸

sour tasting · adjective · B2

Having a sharp, sour taste, like a lemon or an unripe fruit.

酸的

acidic soil · adjective · B2

Used about soil that has a low pH and little lime, which suits certain plants.

酸性的（土壤）

原始詞典資料11 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。

acidadj/ˈæsɪd/

  • 1

    Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

    • acid fruits or liquors
  • 2

    Sour-tempered.

    • His response was harsh and acid.
    • His voice was as stern and his face as acid as ever.
  • 3

    Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

    • acid soils
    • Like other nyssas, it is in nature a creature of swampy places and looks loveliest where massed close to water and reflected in it, but justifies itself elsewhere if the soil is moist and acid, succeeding in wet clay.
  • 4

    entertainmentlifestylemusicDenoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

acidnoun/ˈæsɪd/

  • 1

    A sour substance.

  • 2

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesAny compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.

    • SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
  • 3

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesAny compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.

  • 4

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesAny compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.

  • 5

    Any corrosive substance.

    • You are in error. / This is terror. / This is your banishment. This land is mine. / This is what you earn. / This is the Law of No Return. / This is the sour dough, this the sweet wine. / This is my history, this my race / And this unhappy man threw acid in my face.
  • 6

    slangLSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.

    • In the end, though, there is one sure way to distinguish a real hippie from his assorted sympathizers: hippies drop acid. That is, real hippies frequently, if irregularly, ingest LSD.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。