and unhappy because you feel that you have been treated unfairly 愤愤不举的：She is ve^y bitter about kwing her job.她矣朵了工作，心里很不服气。3 [usually before noun] making you feel very unhappy; caused by great unhappiness令人不快的；使人悲_的；由 痛考¹引起的：to weep/shed bitter tears伤心落泪◊ Losing the match was a bitter disappointment for the team.输掉这场比赛对这个队来说是一件伤心失望的事。

〇 JVe learnt from bitter experience not to trust what he says.我已从痛苦的经验中得到了教训，不要相信 他的话。4 (of food, etc.食物等）having a strong, unpleasant taste; not sweet 味苦的：Black coffee leaves a Sitter taste 加 the mouth. * 咖 _ 在嘴里—了 苦味。 —compare sweet adj.{\) 5 (of weather conditions extremely cold and unpleasant 严寒的：bitter coid +严秦 ◊ a bi'tter wind 刺骨寒风◊ Jt’s reaZZy bitter out today. 今天户外的确很？^。► bit.ter.ness now/? [U]: The pay

cut caused bitterness among the sfajf.降低工资使职员们 十分愤懑。◊ r/ie_/Icwers 〇/ the hop piant add bitterness to the beer.忽布奋可增加啤酒的苦味。ITaBl a bitter 'pill (for sb) (to swallow) a fact or an event that is unpleasant and difficult to accept 严酷的现实；，,(.难以 咽十的）苦果 to/until the bitter ’end continuing until you have done everything you can, or until sth is completely finished, despite difficulties and problems (不怕艰舍）坚持到底，奋斗到底：托吖were prepared to/light to fhe bitter end/or fhdr rights•他们甘愿为自己 的权利斗争到底。

» noun (6r£) t [U, C] a type of beer with a dark colour and a strong bitter taste, that is very popular in Britain 酒（在英国很受欢迎）：Apint o/bitter, pieose.请来一 品脱苦啤酒。一compare mild /?• 2 bitters [U+sing./pl. v.] a strong bitter alcoholic liquid t|^t is made from plants and added to other alcoholic drinks to give flavour 苦酒原汁（从糧物中提取的苦酒精液体，可增加其他酒精 饮料的味道）：gin with a dash 〇/bitters掺了少量苦酒 汁的杜松子酒

.bitter 'lemon noun [U] {Br£) a fizzy drink (= with bubbles) that tastes of lemon and is slightly bitter 苦梓

檬（发泡饮料）

bitterly 〇-w /'bitali; NAmE-tarli/ adv.

1 in a way that shows feelings of sadness or anger 伤 心地；愤怒地：Sheweptbitte/iy.她哭得很伤心。◊TTiey compkii'ned bitterly•他 气愤▲抱怨。oTTiedevetop- ment was bitterly opposed by the local community. - 开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。2 (describing unpleasant or sad feelings 形容不快或伤痛）extremely 极貪；非常：bitterly disappomtett/cwhamed 极其失望 / i愧3〜co丨d very cold非常寒冷的；严寒 bit-tern /'bitan; NAmE -tarn/ noun a European bird of the heron family, that lives on wet ground and has a loud call麻鸺（沼泽鸟，鸣声响亮）

.bitter-'sweet adj. [Br£) 1 bringing pleasure mixed with sadness甜中有苦的；既有欢乐又有il伤的：bitter-sweet memories夹杂着欢乐与悲伤的回忆2 (of tastes or smells 味道或气味）bitter and sweet at the same time 又苦又

声的

bitty /'biti/ adj. {BrE, informal) made up of f iany small separate parts, which do not seem to fit together well

零散的；支离破碎的

bitu-men /'bitjaman; NAmE ba'tuiman; -tju:-/ noun [U] 1 a black sticky substance obtained from oil, used for covering roads or roofs 浙青 2 (/4wsfra/£, /n/ormo/) the surface of a road that is covered with tar M 青路面； 柏油路面：a fci’Zometre and a haZ/ 〇/ bitumen 公里半 的柏油路面

bi-tu-min-ous /br'tjuimmes; NAmE -be'tu:-/ adj. containing bitumen 含沥 青的； 沥青的 bit-zer /'bitsa(r)/ noun [AustralE, NZE, informal) 1 a thing that is made from parts that originally did not belong together 拼凑的东西；获絵 2 a dog that is a mixture of different breeds 杂_狗；混种狗 PW71 mongrel bi-valve /'baivaelv/ noun (technical #:i#) any shellfish with a shell in two parts, for example a mussel 双壳软 体动物（如贻贝—compare mollusc biv-ouac k/ noun, verb

mnoun a t ry camp or shelter, without using a

tent, that is made and used especially by people