piquancy 的定义
- agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
- agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive: a piquant glance.
- of an interestingly provocative or lively character: a piquant wit.
- Archaic. sharp or stinging, especially to the feelings.
piquancy 近义词
seasoning
pungency
更多piquancy例句
- Mistry agrees that “really piquant spices go well with sprouts.”
- Piquancy is added to the last point because the other main contender for Fed chair is a woman, and a highly qualified one at that.
- The list gains piquancy because it appears on the blog of the left-leaning Roosevelt Institute.
- Their picturesque pronunciation gives their conversation a piquancy which defies imitation.
- It would be difficult to speak too highly of them; they have a piquancy and grace which is in the highest degree attractive.
- The Edinburgh Review” said: “For many years there has been no work of such power, piquancy, and originality.
- He swore with force and piquancy, and original embellishments for old-time oaths which was like a sharp sauce to an unsavory dish.
- There was not a little piquancy in the expression of her countenance, and Richard felt it strangely attractive.