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rancid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ran·cid /ˈrænsɪd/ adjective  DFoily or fatty food that is rancid smells or tastes unpleasant because it is no longer fresh 〔油脂食物〕腐臭的,酸败的 rancid butter 变质黄油
Examples from the Corpus
rancidThe oats looked firm and fresh, but were rancid.His mouth felt like something rancid had curled up inside and he silently cursed the demon booze.Woke up with a rancid headache.The canals have more potential than ponds that often get rancid in the heat of summer.If he had kept his mouth shut I would still be eating rancid meat and plotting my own way out of Paris.I was frequently sick through being forced to drink rancid milk that had been left standing in the playground for hours.Swanson knows his conspiracy theories, and his portrait of Dallas, mainly rancid, saves you the trip.It was malodorous, peculiarly rancid, sulphurous.
Origin rancid (1600-1700) Latin rancidus, from rancere to have decayed, smell bad
ran·cid adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus or fatty is rancid food that oily


rancid
rancid /ˈrænsəd, ˈrænsɪd/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: rancidus, from rancere 'to have decayed, smell bad'
oily or fatty food that is rancid smells or tastes unpleasant because it is no longer fresh:
    rancid butter


ran·cidBrE /ˈrænsɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrænsɪd/ 🔊 adjectiveif food containing fat is rancid, it tastes or smells unpleasant because it is no longer fresh (含油食品)变质的,变味的,哈喇的