piquant

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpiquantpi‧quant /ˈpiːkənt/ adjective 1 HOT TASTEhaving a pleasantly spicy taste a piquant wild mushroom sauce► see thesaurus at taste2 INTERESTINGinteresting and exciting —piquantly adverb —piquancy noun [uncountable] The production retains its original piquancy.Examples from the Corpuspiquant• It is always fresh and often pleasingly piquant.• The piquant champignons had large mushroom caps stuffed with crumbled country sausage and topped with bread crumbs.• a tale full of piquant characters and vivid descriptions• His cilantro-laced sauteed shrimp, piquant goat-cheese salad and tender smoked salmon fettuccine are heavenly enough.• She was weighed down with a confusing mixture of feelings that sometimes felt so mellow and piquant, it was almost pleasant.• This image of an undamaged whole brought with it a doubt which Franca found piquant rather than disturbing.• a piquant sauce with garlic and red peppers• The piquant sweetness of rhubarb stalks, cooked and raw, have always been popular abroad.Origin piquant (1500-1600) French present participle of piquer; → PIQUE2

单词	piquant
释义	piquant From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpiquantpi‧quant /ˈpiːkənt/ adjective 1 HOT TASTEhaving a pleasantly spicy taste a piquant wild mushroom sauce► see thesaurus at taste2 INTERESTINGinteresting and exciting —piquantly adverb —piquancy noun [uncountable] The production retains its original piquancy.Examples from the Corpuspiquant• It is always fresh and often pleasingly piquant.• The piquant champignons had large mushroom caps stuffed with crumbled country sausage and topped with bread crumbs.• a tale full of piquant characters and vivid descriptions• His cilantro-laced sauteed shrimp, piquant goat-cheese salad and tender smoked salmon fettuccine are heavenly enough.• She was weighed down with a confusing mixture of feelings that sometimes felt so mellow and piquant, it was almost pleasant.• This image of an undamaged whole brought with it a doubt which Franca found piquant rather than disturbing.• a piquant sauce with garlic and red peppers• The piquant sweetness of rhubarb stalks, cooked and raw, have always been popular abroad.Origin piquant (1500-1600) French present participle of piquer; → PIQUE2
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