tartly
adv. 辛辣地,刻薄地
A tart is a shallow pastry case with a filling of food, especially sweet food.
...jam tarts.
果酱馅饼
...a slice of home-made tart.
一块自制的果馅饼
If something such as fruit is tart, it has a sharp taste.
The blackberries were a bit too tart on their own, so we stewed them gently with some apples.
光黑莓味道有点儿冲,所以我们将它和几个苹果一起用小火炖了炖。
...a slightly tart wine.
味道有点儿冲的葡萄酒
A tart remark or way of speaking is sharp and unpleasant, often in a way that is rather cruel.
The words were more tart than she had intended...
话听起来太刻薄,她本没想这么刻薄的。
Lyle, I'm sure, would have had a very tart comment to make about this new social trend.
我敢肯定,莱尔会对这种社会新潮流发表非常尖刻的评论。
If someone refers to a woman or girl as a tart, they are criticizing her because they think she is sexually immoral or dresses in a way that makes her look sexually immoral.
He was nasty about my appearance. If I dressed up he'd say I looked like a tart.
他对我的外表要求很苛刻,我要是打扮打扮,他就会说我像荡妇。
1. in a tart manner;
She finished by tartly pointing out that he owed her some money.
她最后刻薄地指出他欠她一些钱.
"There are other patients on the ward, Lovell," the staff nurse reminded her tartly.
“洛弗尔,病房里还有别的病人呢,”护士毫不客气地提醒她说。
Kay said tartly, " And you're more Yankee than Italian.
恺酸溜溜他说: “ 可你哪,与其说是意大利人,还不如说是新英格兰人.
She finished tartly pointing out that he owed her some money.
她最后“刻薄”地指出他欠她一些钱.
Never mind your immortal soul,'she said tartly.
‘千万不要提及你不朽的灵魂, ’ 她尖酸地说.