pungent 
					英 [ˈpʌndʒənt ]  
					美 [ˈpʌndʒənt ]  
					adj.  味道(或气味)强烈的; 刺激性的; 说穿的; 一语道破的; 一针见血的
					
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							牛津词典 
							
								
									
										 adj.
										味道(或气味)强烈的;刺激性的the pungent smell of burning rubber  
										说穿的;一语道破的;一针见血的pungent criticism  
									 
								 
								
							 
							
 
							柯林斯词典 
							
								
									
										ADJ-GRADED 味道强烈的;气味刺激的pungent  has a strong, sharp smell or taste which is often so strong that it is unpleasant.
											The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be. ...the pungent smell of burning rubber.  
										ADJ-GRADED 一语道破的;一针见血的pungent , you approve of it because it has a direct and powerful effect and often criticizes something very cleverly.
											He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.  
									 
								 
								
							 
							
 
							双语例句 
							
								
									
										The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be.  
										He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.  
										Onions have a pungent smell.  
										The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air.  
										Their nose can range from pungent perfume to flowers, limes, lemons and, with age, petrol.  
										Pungent bottled sauce for steak.  
										I'm not used to eating spicy food. pungent fleshy edible root.  
										Acrid: Describes a harsh or bitter taste or pungent smell that is due to excess sulfur.  
										A colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals.  
										It has a distinctive pungent fragrance and is used in cooking and sachets and as incense.  
										A colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare.  
										Pungent sauce of soy and vinegar and spices.  
										With a pungent taste or smell.  
										Pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces.  
										Pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds.  
										Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets.  
										He exhaled the pungent odor of garlic. very offensive in smell or taste.  
										He exhaled the pungent odor of garlic.  
										Large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia.  
										Turmeric is mildly aromatic and has scents of orange or ginger. It has a pungent, bitter flavor.  
										Ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum.  
										Pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices.  
										The pungent flavor of garlic;  
										Pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Oriental cookery.  
										Low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes.  
										Trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor.  
										This is an acrid and pungent substance.  
										Would you like Saute Minced Chicken, Mandarin fish and sour pungent soup?  
										Pungent foods and bad breath.  
									 
								 
								
							 
							
 
							英英释义 
							
								
									adj
									
										capable of wounding
											a barbed compliment a biting aphorism pungent satire Synonym:    barbed biting nipping mordacious 
										 
										strong and sharp
											the acrid smell of burning rubber Synonym:    acrid