| 单词 | piquant |
| 释义 | piquant (once / 2432 pages) adj Feeling a little saucy? Perhaps a bit provocative — but in a good way? Then it's safe to say your personality is a little piquant. Coming to us from the French word piquer, which means "to prick," something that's piquant certainly piques your interest. Someone who's piquant engages you with charm and wit. A story that's filled with piquant details has plenty of juicy, provocative points. And grandma's homemade gravy? It's certainly zesty and piquant, even with all the lumps. WORD FAMILYpiquant: piquancy, piquantly, piquantness+/piquancy: piquancies USAGE EXAMPLESThere, she became fascinated by one of the fair’s most piquant attractions: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Time(Nov 21, 2016) "Do not burgle Piquant - it's not worth it," said Holloway, the fund's Chief Investment Officer. Reuters(Nov 18, 2016) Input is so precious — the conversations other people pause to grant you, beyond the barest niceties, describing piquant scenery you can’t see. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj having an agreeably pungent taste Syn savory, savoury, spicy, zesty tasty pleasing to the sense of taste 2adj attracting or delighting a piquant face with large appealing eyes Syn engaging attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm 3adj engagingly stimulating or provocative a piquant wit Syn salty stimulating rousing or quickening activity or the senses |
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