| 单词 | piquant |
| 释义 | pi·quant /ˈpiːkənt/ adjective 1 HOT TASTEhaving a pleasantly spicy taste 辛辣的；开胃的 a piquant wild mushroom sauce 开胃的野蘑菇酱► see thesaurus at taste2. INTERESTINGinteresting and exciting 有趣的；激动人心的 —piquantly adverb —piquancy noun [uncountable] The production retains its original piquancy. 这出戏保留了原作的趣味。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• Steve maintains that the peppers give the bland turkey a piquant flavour.• 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 salsa verde brought everything together.• 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; → PIQUE2pi·quant adjectiveChineseSyllable pleasantly Corpus taste a having spicy |
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