Tart



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.酸的; 尖酸的
• ［英］ adj.酸的 ( agreeably sharp or acid) ; 尖酸的 ( biting, acrimonious)
• ［例］ tart apples ( 酸苹果) / a tart disposition ( 刻薄的本性)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English teart sharp, severe; akin to Middle High German traz spite
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. agreeably sharp or acid to the taste <a tart apple>
• 2. marked by a biting, acrimonious, or cutting quality <a tart rejoinder>
• ? tartish adjective
• ? tartly adverb
• ? tartness noun

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English tarte, from Anglo-French
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a dish baked in a pastry shell ; pie: as
  • a. a small pie or pastry shell without a top containing jelly, custard, or fruit
  • b. a small pie made of pastry folded over a filling
• 2. \［earlier slang, girlfriend, probably short for jam tart, rhyming slang for sweetheart\］ prostitute

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