pun·gent /-ʤənt/
(a.)苦痛的,刺激性的,嚴厲的
pun·gent /-ʤənt/ 形容詞
刺激性的,辣的
Pun·gent a.
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --Shenstone.
The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
With pungent pains on every side. --Swift.
His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. --J. R. Green.
3. Bot. Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Syn: -- Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.
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pungent
adj 1: sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting
the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent
smell of burning sulfur" [ant: bland]
2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting, nipping,
mordacious]