| 正面 | 13451.pungent 英 ['pʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nt]美 ['pʌndʒənt]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. abundant => inundate.adj. 辛辣的；刺激性的；苦痛的；尖刻的 例句： 1. He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.他喜欢剧中尖锐机敏、一针见血的社会分析。 pungent 刺鼻的，一针见血的来自拉丁语pungere,刺，叮，咬，来自PIE*pung,刺，击，打，词源同point,puncture.引申词义刺鼻的，一针见血的等。 pungent (adj.)1590s, "sharp, poignant" (of pain or grief), from Latin pungentem (nominative pungens), present participle of pungere "to prick, pierce, sting," figuratively, "to vex, grieve, trouble, afflict," related to pugnus "fist" (see pugnacious). Meaning "having powerful odor or taste" first recorded 1660s. Literal sense "sharp, pointed" (c. 1600) is very rare in English, mostly limited to botany. Middle English and early Modern English also had a now-obsolete verb punge "to prick, pierce; to smart, cause to sting," from Latin pungere. Related: Pungently." |