| 单词 | piercing |
| 释义 | piercing —piercingly, adv. —piercingness, n. /pear"sing/, adj. 1. loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice. 2. extremely cold or bitter: a piercing wind. 3. appearing to gaze deeply or penetratingly into something: piercing eyes. 4. perceptive or aware; acute: a piercing mind. 5. sarcastic or caustic; cutting: piercing remarks. [1375-1425; late ME; see PIERCE, -ING2] Syn. 1. grating, strident, screeching. |
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