acid
/ˈæsɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈæsɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈa-səd/ (ame, mw) · /ˈæs.ɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈæs.ɪd/ (ame, ipa)
acid — 名詞
1. a chemical that tastes sharp, has a low pH, and in strong forms can eat into met
酸；酸液
嘗起來酸、能腐蝕物質的化學物
a chemical that tastes sharp, has a low pH, and in strong forms can eat into metal, skin, or fabric.
Lemon juice contains a mild acid that gives the fruit its sharp taste.
檸檬汁含有溫和的酸，這讓它嘗起來尖銳。
subject is a real-world food/liquid containing acid
A drop of strong acid burned a small hole through Ben's cotton shirt.
一滴強酸把班的棉襯衫燒出一個小洞。
collocation: strong acid + burn through
The factory must store its acids in thick glass bottles for safety.
工廠必須把各種酸液裝在厚玻璃瓶裡以策安全。
Stomach acid helps the body break down food after each meal.
胃酸幫助身體在每餐後分解食物。
Workers wore thick rubber gloves to protect their hands from the acid.
工人戴著厚橡膠手套，保護雙手不被酸液傷到。
用法筆記
Common in both countable and uncountable use: 'an acid' for one specific kind, 'acid' as a substance in general. Often paired with strength words like 'strong', 'mild', 'weak', 'concentrated'.
常見錯誤
2. a slang word for the powerful illegal drug LSD, which makes the user imagine sig
迷幻藥
LSD的俚語說法，會讓人產生幻覺
a slang word for the powerful illegal drug LSD, which makes the user imagine sights and sounds that aren't real.
Police arrested two students for selling acid at a music festival in Brighton.
警方在布萊頓的一場音樂節逮捕了兩名販賣迷幻藥的學生。
informal noun for LSD; uncountable
Eitan said he had tried acid only once during his college years.
馬可斯說他大學時期只試過一次迷幻藥。
collocation: try acid
Some musicians in the late 1960s wrote songs while taking acid.
一些一九六零年代末的音樂人會邊吸迷幻藥邊寫歌。
The documentary explained how acid spread quickly through 1970s youth culture.
這部紀錄片解釋了迷幻藥如何在一九七零年代年輕人之間迅速擴散。
- LSD
the formal scientific name for the same drug
用法筆記
Always uncountable in this sense and limited to informal speech and writing. Not used with 'an' or in plural form. Distinguish from sense 1, which is countable and refers to chemical substances.
常見錯誤
acid — 形容詞
1. tasting sharp and slightly sour, in the way that lemon juice or vinegar does; or
酸的；酸性的
嘗起來酸或具有酸性質的
tasting sharp and slightly sour, in the way that lemon juice or vinegar does; or, in chemistry, holding the qualities of an acid.
The green apples were so acid that Nadia's mouth puckered after one bite.
那些青蘋果非常酸，麗娜咬一口後嘴巴就皺了起來。
describing food taste: very acid
Vinegar gives the salad dressing a pleasantly acid flavor.
醋讓沙拉醬有一種令人愉快的酸味。
collocation: acid flavor / acid taste
Blueberry plants grow best in cool, acid soil with good drainage.
藍莓在涼爽、排水良好的酸性土壤裡長得最好。
Rainwater can become acid after passing through polluted city air.
雨水經過受污染的城市空氣後可能變成酸性。
用法筆記
Covers two related uses: the everyday taste sense ('an acid lemon') and the scientific sense ('acid soil', 'acid rain'). The taste use overlaps strongly with 'sour'; the scientific use means a measured low pH.
常見錯誤
2. describing words, a tone, or a sense of humor that is sharp and unkind, meant to
尖酸刻薄
形容說話或語氣尖銳又傷人
describing words, a tone, or a sense of humor that is sharp and unkind, meant to hurt someone or to mock them.
The novelist was famous for her acid wit and biting reviews of bad poetry.
這位小說家以尖酸的機智和對爛詩的辛辣評論聞名。
collocation: acid wit / acid tongue
Carla's acid reply silenced everyone around the dinner table.
卡拉一句刻薄的回話讓餐桌邊的所有人都安靜下來。
collocation: an acid reply / remark
The mayor faced an acid attack from local newspapers after the scandal.
醜聞之後，市長受到當地報紙一連串尖酸的攻擊。
Mr. Davies has an acid sense of humor that makes new staff uneasy.
戴維斯先生的幽默感很尖酸，常讓新進員工感到不安。
用法筆記
Typically used before a noun describing speech or writing: 'acid tongue', 'acid wit', 'acid comment', 'acid reply'. Less natural after a linking verb ('the comment was acid' is rare; prefer 'sharp' or 'cutting' there).
常見錯誤
3. in geology, describing volcanic rock that holds a large amount of silica, such a
酸性岩的
地質學中含大量矽的火成岩
in geology, describing volcanic rock that holds a large amount of silica, such as granite; the opposite of basic rock.
Granite is the most familiar example of an acid rock found across Scotland.
花崗岩是蘇格蘭各地最常見的酸性岩例子。
collocation: acid rock (geology)
Geologists tested the cliff and confirmed that the stone was acid in nature.
地質學家測試了那座懸崖，確認那塊岩石屬於酸性岩。
predicative use in technical writing
Acid lava cools slowly and forms thick, light-colored mountain rock.
酸性熔岩冷卻得很慢，形成厚實又顏色淺的山岩。
The professor showed her class a map of Britain's acid rock regions.
教授給班上看了一張英國酸性岩分佈的地圖。
用法筆記
Almost only used in geology textbooks and scientific writing, mostly before a noun ('acid rock', 'acid lava'). Do not confuse with 'acid rock' as a music genre (a separate idiomatic use).