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单词 sharp-edged
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Definition of sharp-edged in English:

sharp-edged

adjective
  • 1Having a sharp edge or edges.

    sharp-edged weapons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A silhouette only works as a portrait when its outlines are sharp-edged.
    • Nikolas smiled, and picked up a gold, sharp-edged letter opener, studying it in the sunlight.
    • Slopes and ditches may also be lined with flints, broken glass, agricultural harrows, and similar pointed or sharp-edged objects.
    • The Maya collected and carved flint using the pointed tips of deer antler to chip out sharp-edged, anthropomorphic figures.
    • They lash about dangerously with their tails, which are covered with sharp-edged scales.
    • They were armed with rifles, swords and sharp-edged weapons.
    • For bee stings, begin by using a clean sharp-edged instrument, like a knife, to scrape out the stinger.
    • Incisors are the squarish, sharp-edged teeth in the front of the mouth.
    • Carve the inside using a melon baller or a small sharp-edged spoon, reserving the flesh.
    • The devotees walk on coals without suffering burns and pierce their bodies with sharp-edged iron rods.
    • To our left was an alpine glacier dominated by sharp-edged icy pinnacles and to our right were walls of soaring rock.
    • The sharp-edged steel and concrete I saw the night before looks almost beautiful underneath its crown of clouds.
    • Sharp-edged geometry and lush abundance - seemingly contradictory elements - share common ground in Kim's garden.
    • Now unsafe to drive on, it's been replaced by a sharp-edged white concrete ford which looks very square in the water.
    Synonyms
    keen, razor-sharp, razor-edged
    1. 1.1 (of words) critical or cutting.
      sharp-edged satire
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although the script delivers sharp-edged dialogue, the movie fails to integrate the supposed cultural conflicts of a cockney colloquial in sun bleached California.
      • A younger son of an ancient Tory house, he was intellectual, withdrawn and unsociable, seriously high church, sharp-edged in political controversy.
      • In their eagerness to turn their business dreams into reality, even the most ardent devotees of the truth might be tempted to round off the corners of a few sharp-edged facts or omit a piece of unfavorable data.
      • The dialogue is characteristically sharp-edged and forthright, but too much is left unsaid as to why characters act as they do.
      • The new film begins with the former history professor in hospital facing a terminal illness with his customary sharp-edged humour.
      • It is often thought that moral questions are inherently fuzzy and uncertain while factual questions are concrete and sharp-edged.
      • The opposing attorneys attack with sharp-edged questions, looking for an opening that will allow them to score an evidentiary point.
      • Thanks to his sharp-edged radicalism and unique poetic gifts, Dylan refreshed the protest genre and helped it reach a new mass audience.
      • Presumably concerned about how his sharp-edged words might appear in print, Clark offered helpful stage directions.
      • Maybe in her depression over this loss she's a little more sharp-edged than usual.
 
 
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