(adj.) engagingly stimulating or provocative; 'a piquant wit'; 'salty language' .
(adj.) having an agreeably pungent taste .
弗朗辛校对
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.