• adj. 辛辣的；刺激性的；苦痛的；尖刻的

來自拉丁語pungere,刺，叮，咬，來自PIE*pung,刺，擊，打，詞源同point,puncture.引申詞義刺鼻的，一針見血的等。

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.

1. He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.

他喜歡劇中尖銳機敏、一針見血的社會分析。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The taste is bitter and disagreeably pungent.

味道既苦又辣得嗆鼻。

來自柯林斯例句

3. the pungent smell of burning rubber

燒橡膠的刺鼻氣味

來自《權威詞典》

4. The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air.

空氣中彌漫著刺鼻嗆人的硫磺氣味.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. This is the pungent and original argument.

這就是那尖銳而有獨到之處的論點.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》