Piquant
['piːk(ə)nt;-kɒnt] or ['pikənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) engagingly stimulating or provocative; 'a piquant wit'; 'salty language' .
(adj.) having an agreeably pungent taste .
弗朗辛校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
校對:蒂米
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Pungent, biting, pricking, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.[2]. Sharp, tart, severe, cutting, pointed.
弗朗西丝編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Pungent, sharp, lively, racy, severe, biting, cutting, smart, stimulating,keen, stinging, tart
ANT:Tame, dull, flat, characterless, insipid
杜安整理
解釋/意思:
adj. stimulating to the taste: of a lively spark.—n. Piq′uancy.—adv. Piq′uantly.
手打:西尔维亚
例句/造句/用法:
- Hereupon I was made the object of a string of strictures rather piquant than polite. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Gerald thought him a strange fool, and yet piquant. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A piquant notion suggested by lips of that tint and form. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Is she piquant? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- 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. 雪麗.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Besides, the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The flavour of her slang was piquant to him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
手打:西尔维亚