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piquancy

/pee-kuhnt, -kahnt, pee-kahnt/US // ˈpi kənt, -kɑnt, piˈkɑnt //UK // (ˈpiːkənt, -kɑːnt) //

气氛,气味,趣味性,朝气蓬勃

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • 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.