- bitter in taste
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Medical Chinese dictionary (湘雅医学词典). 2013.
bitter in taste
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bitter — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain or resentment (bitter memories; bitter rejoinder). b painful or difficult to accept (bitter disappointment). 3 a harsh; virulent (bitter animosity). b… … Useful english dictionary
taste — n. & v. n. 1 a the sensation characteristic of a soluble substance caused in the mouth and throat by contact with that substance (disliked the taste of garlic). b the faculty of perceiving this sensation (was bitter to the taste). 2 a small… … Useful english dictionary
bitter — Awa, awa awa. Also: wai awa, awa awahia, awa awahua, mu e, mu emu e, mu amu a, ōmu e, ōmu emu e, mule, mulemule, haoa, haua īliki, malailena, ōlaelae; pēka a (very bitter), halahala, pū awa. These words mean bitter to the taste, and… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
bitter-sweet — 1) ADJ If you describe an experience as bitter sweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones. He s got bitter sweet memories of his first appearance for the team. 2) ADJ A bitter sweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same… … English dictionary
Taste — (or, more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the… … Wikipedia
Taste — belongs to our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. The complicated process of tasting begins when molecules released by the substances stimulate special cells in the mouth or throat. These special sensory cells transmit messages through… … Medical dictionary
bitter — bitter, acrid are applied to things with an unpleasant taste (also smell, in the case of acrid) that is neither sweet nor bland yet seldom distinctly sour or really sickening. Bitter is traditionally associated with the repellent taste of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Bitter — Bit ter, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel. bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E. bite. See {Bite}, v. t.] 1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bitter apple — Bitter Bit ter, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel. bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E. bite. See {Bite}, v. t.] 1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bitter cress — Bitter Bit ter, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel. bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E. bite. See {Bite}, v. t.] 1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bitter cucumber — Bitter Bit ter, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel. bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E. bite. See {Bite}, v. t.] 1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
