Tangy describes a taste or smell that is sharp and strong in a pleasant, refreshing way — the little bite you get from lemon, lime, vinegar, yogurt, pickles, passion fruit, or a strong old cheese. The key is that it is a compliment. Sour, by contrast, is neutral or negative; if you call a sauce tangy you are saying you like it, and food writers and menus use the word for exactly that reason.

TangyTangy（酸香帶勁的） describes形容 a taste or smell that is sharp and strong in a pleasant, refreshing way一種讓人愉快、清爽的強烈味道或氣味——the little bite you get from lemon, lime, vinegar, yogurt, pickles, passion fruit, or a strong old cheese像檸檬、萊姆、醋、優格、醃菜、百香果，或濃烈的老起司帶給你的那種刺激感。The key is that it is a compliment重點是這是一種稱讚。Sour, by contrast, is neutral or negative相反地sour（酸）是中性或負面的；if you call a sauce tangy you are saying you like it如果你說一道醬料是tangy，你是在說你喜歡它，and food writers and menus use the word for exactly that reason美食寫手和菜單也正是因為這樣才用這個字。

It works both before a noun and after 'be': 'a tangy sauce', 'this dressing is really tangy'. Common partners are sauce, dressing, marinade, cheese, yogurt, and fruit; it is also used for smells, especially salt air.

It works both before a noun and after 'be'它可以放在名詞前面，也可以放在be動詞後面：'a tangy sauce', 'this dressing is really tangy'像'a tangy sauce'、'this dressing is really tangy'這樣。Common partners are sauce, dressing, marinade, cheese, yogurt, and fruit常見搭配的字有sauce、dressing、marinade、cheese、yogurt、fruit；it is also used for smells, especially salt air也可以用來形容氣味，特別是海邊的鹹味空氣。

It is a mild everyday word — perfectly natural in conversation about food, though you will meet it most often on packaging and in recipes. The related noun is tang ('a tang of lemon'), and you can say 'tangier' and 'tangiest'.

It is a mild everyday word這是個很平常的日常用字——perfectly natural in conversation about food在講食物的對話裡很自然，though you will meet it most often on packaging and in recipes不過你最常在包裝和食譜上看到它。The related noun is tang ('a tang of lemon')相關的名詞是tang（像'a tang of lemon'），and you can say 'tangier' and 'tangiest'也可以說'tangier'和'tangiest'。