Tart

tart







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a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    酸的;辛辣的

                      These apples are a bit tart.

                      這些蘋果有點酸。

          2.    尖酸的,刻薄的

                      That was a tart answer.

                      那是個尖刻的回答。



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    【英】水果餡餅[C][U]

          2.    【美】水果蛋糕[C]

          3.    【俚】放蕩的女人;妓女[C]

                      Every guy in class thinks he's in love with that little tart.

                      班上的每一個傢伙都認為自己愛上了那個小騷貨。



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    裝點;裝扮;粉飾(特別指房子塗抹上五顏六色的油漆或是人穿著鮮艷並佩戴假珠寶)

                      The old man tarted up his shop so much that I couldn't recognize it.

                      那個老人把他的小店裝飾得我都認不出來了。

                      I wish she would not tart herself up for the party.

                      我希望她別為了宴會打扮得珠光寶氣,花枝招展。





　

Igby is the child of a malevolently malfunctioning family. His mother, 



Mimi (Susan Sarandon), is a tart, critical, perfectionist mandarin 



("I call her Mimi because Heinous One is a bit cumbersome"). 



His father, Jason (Bill Pullman), went through meltdown and is in a mental hospital, staring into space. 





see 

insolent gamine  

lascivious insalubrious  

embellish twee gaudy