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tart adj. 酸的； 尖酸的； 刻薄的n. 果馅饼； <俚>妓女 (1) 于是她开口回答了，用她平常那种尖酸刻薄的声调随口说道。(2) 她把果馅饼很快地放进烤箱里。 As an adjective, tart describes a sour taste, like lemon, or harsh words, like your friend's tart reply to a question that makes her mad. In the 19th century, tart was British slang for "pretty woman." Some believe it is a shortening of "sweetheart." But by the end of that century, tart described a prostitute, something many language scholars trace back to the tart that you get at the bakery.

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英 [tɑːt] 美 [tɑːrt] (1) She replied, speaking for the first time, in her usual tart and offhand way.(2) She popped the tart into the oven. A tart is small pie filled with fruit or custard, with no top crust, like the cherry tarts you bought at the bakery. 1[N-VAR 可变名词](尤指甜心的)果馅饼 A tart is a shallow pastry case with a filling of food, especially sweet food. ...jam tarts.果酱馅饼...a slice of home-made tart.一块自制的果馅饼2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](水果等)味道浓烈的，味儿冲的 If something such as fruit is tart, it has a sharp taste. The blackberries were a bit too tart on their own, so we stewed them gently with some apples.光黑莓味道有点儿冲，所以我们将它和几个苹果一起用小火炖了炖。...a slightly tart wine.味道有点儿冲的葡萄酒3[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](言语)尖刻的，尖酸的，刻薄的 A tart remark or way of speaking is sharp and unpleasant, often in a way that is rather cruel. The words were more tart than she had intended...话听起来太刻薄，她本没想这么刻薄的。Lyle, I'm sure, would have had a very tart comment to make about this new social trend.我敢肯定，莱尔会对这种社会新潮流发表非常尖刻的评论。tartly'There are other patients on the ward, Lovell,' the staff nurse reminded her tartly.“洛弗尔，病房里还有别的病人呢，”护士毫不客气地提醒她说。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]淫妇；荡妇；妓女 If someone refers to a woman or girl as a tart, they are criticizing her because they think she is sexually immoral or dresses in a way that makes her look sexually immoral.   [disapproval]  [INFORMAL 非正式]  [OFFENSIVE 冒犯]He was nasty about my appearance. If I dressed up he'd say I looked like a tart.他对我的外表要求很苛刻，我要是打扮打扮，他就会说我像荡妇。相关词组：tart up

英语单词	tart
英美音标	英 [tɑːt] 美 [tɑːrt]
中文释义	adj. 酸的；尖酸的；刻薄的 n. 果馅饼； <俚>妓女
英语例句	(1) She replied, speaking for the first time, in her usual tart and offhand way. (2) She popped the tart into the oven.
中文例句	(1) 于是她开口回答了，用她平常那种尖酸刻薄的声调随口说道。 (2) 她把果馅饼很快地放进烤箱里。
vocabulary简明	A tart is small pie filled with fruit or custard, with no top crust, like the cherry tarts you bought at the bakery.
vocabulary扩展	As an adjective, tart describes a sour taste, like lemon, or harsh words, like your friend's tart reply to a question that makes her mad. In the 19th century, tart was British slang for "pretty woman." Some believe it is a shortening of "sweetheart." But by the end of that century, tart described a prostitute, something many language scholars trace back to the tart that you get at the bakery.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词](尤指甜心的)果馅饼 A tart is a shallow pastry case with a filling of food, especially sweet food. ...jam tarts. 果酱馅饼 ...a slice of home-made tart. 一块自制的果馅饼 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](水果等)味道浓烈的，味儿冲的 If something such as fruit is tart, it has a sharp taste. The blackberries were a bit too tart on their own, so we stewed them gently with some apples. 光黑莓味道有点儿冲，所以我们将它和几个苹果一起用小火炖了炖。 ...a slightly tart wine. 味道有点儿冲的葡萄酒 3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](言语)尖刻的，尖酸的，刻薄的 A tart remark or way of speaking is sharp and unpleasant, often in a way that is rather cruel. The words were more tart than she had intended... 话听起来太刻薄，她本没想这么刻薄的。 Lyle, I'm sure, would have had a very tart comment to make about this new social trend. 我敢肯定，莱尔会对这种社会新潮流发表非常尖刻的评论。 tartly 'There are other patients on the ward, Lovell,' the staff nurse reminded her tartly. “洛弗尔，病房里还有别的病人呢，”护士毫不客气地提醒她说。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]淫妇；荡妇；妓女 If someone refers to a woman or girl as a tart, they are criticizing her because they think she is sexually immoral or dresses in a way that makes her look sexually immoral. [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] [OFFENSIVE 冒犯] He was nasty about my appearance. If I dressed up he'd say I looked like a tart. 他对我的外表要求很苛刻，我要是打扮打扮，他就会说我像荡妇。相关词组： tart up

Tart Speaking Fruit Bakery Makes Century Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词