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Piquant

英式发音:['piːk(ə)nt;-kɒnt] or ['pikənt] 美式发音

    (adj.) engagingly stimulating or provocative; 'a piquant wit'; 'salty language' .

    (adj.) having an agreeably pungent taste .

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Piquant

双语例句


  • 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.

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