if 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 rancid butter 变质黄油 Butter soon goes/turns (= becomes) rancid in this heat. 黄油在这种高温下很快就会变臭。 There was a rancid smell coming from the kitchen. 厨房传来一股腐臭的味道。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRancid is used with these nouns:- butter
- meat
- oil
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin rancidus ‘stinking’.