Piquant
['piːk(ə)nt;-kɒnt] or ['pikənt]
解释:
(adj.) engagingly stimulating or provocative; 'a piquant wit'; 'salty language' .
(adj.) having an agreeably pungent taste .
弗朗辛校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
校对:蒂米
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Pungent, biting, pricking, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.[2]. Sharp, tart, severe, cutting, pointed.
弗朗西丝编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Pungent, sharp, lively, racy, severe, biting, cutting, smart, stimulating,keen, stinging, tart
ANT:Tame, dull, flat, characterless, insipid
杜安整理
解释:
adj. stimulating to the taste: of a lively spark.—n. Piq′uancy.—adv. Piq′uantly.
手打:西尔维亚
例句:
- Hereupon I was made the object of a string of strictures rather piquant than polite. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Gerald thought him a strange fool, and yet piquant. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Let us quote one or two piquant personal observations of a more specific nature as to the odd characters Edison drew around him in his experimenting. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- A piquant notion suggested by lips of that tint and form. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Rebecca used to mimic her to her face with the most admirable gravity, thereby rendering the imitation doubly piquant to her worthy patroness. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Is she piquant? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Jessy, with her little piquant face, engaging prattle, and winning ways, is made to be a pet, and her father's pet she accordingly is. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Besides, there is that peculiar voice of hers, so animating and piquant, as well as soft: it cheers my withered heart; it puts life into it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Besides, the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The flavour of her slang was piquant to him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
手打:西尔维亚