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racy 音標拼音: [r'esi] a. 保持原味的,活潑的,生動的,適于賽跑的 保持原味的,活潑的,生動的,適於賽跑的 racy adj 1: full of zest or vigor; " a racy literary style" [ synonym: { lively}, { racy}] 2: marked by richness and fullness of flavor; " a rich ruby port"; " full- bodied wines"; " a robust claret"; " the robust flavor of fresh- brewed coffee" [ synonym: { full- bodied}, { racy}, { rich}, { robust}] 3: suggestive of sexual impropriety; " a blue movie"; " blue jokes"; " he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; " a juicy scandal"; " a naughty wink"; " naughty words"; " racy anecdotes"; " a risque story"; " spicy gossip" [ synonym: { blue}, { gamy}, { gamey}, { juicy}, { naughty}, { racy}, { risque}, { spicy}] 4: designed or suitable for competing in a raceRacy \ Ra" cy\ ( r[= a]" s[ y^]), a. [ Compar. { Racier} ( r[= a]" s[ i^]*[~ e] r); superl. { Raciest}.] [ From { Race} a tribe, family.] 1. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich. [ 1913 Webster] The racy wine, Late from the mellowing cask restored to light. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively; vigorous; spirited. [ 1913 Webster] Our raciest, most idiomatic popular words. -- M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster] Burns' s English, though not so racy as his Scotch, is generally correct. -- H. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster] The rich and racy humor of a natural converser fresh from the plow. -- Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Somewhat suggestive of sexual themes; slightly improper; risqu[' e]. [ PJC] Syn: Spicy; spirited; lively; smart; piquant; risqu[' e]. Usage: { Racy}, { Spicy}. Racy refers primarily to that peculiar flavor which certain wines are supposed to derive from the soil in which the grapes were grown; and hence we call a style or production racy when it " smacks of the soil," or has an uncommon degree of natural freshness and distinctiveness of thought and language. Spicy, when applied to style, has reference to a spirit and pungency added by art, seasoning the matter like a condiment. It does not, like racy, suggest native peculiarity. A spicy article in a magazine; a spicy retort. Racy in conversation; a racy remark. [ 1913 Webster] Rich, racy verses, in which we The soil from which they come, taste, smell, and see. -- Cowley. [ 1913 Webster] 94 Moby Thesaurus words for " racy": adult, animated, bawdy, blue, brisk, broad, buoyant, burning, coarse, crude, curried, dirty, dynamic, earthy, energetic, exciting, fiery, filthy, flavorful, fresh, full of beans, full of pep, gross, high- seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, immodest, indecent, indelicate, interesting, inviting, juicy, lewd, lively, lusty, mettlesome, naughty, nippy, obscene, off color, off- color, peppery, peppy, piquant, poignant, pornographic, provocative, provoking, pungent, purple, raunchy, readable, ribald, rich, risky, risque, rude, salacious, salty, savory, scabrous, seasoned, sexual, sexy, shady, sharp, smutty, snappy, sparkling, spiced, spicy, spirited, sprightly, stimulating, strong, succulent, suggestive, tangy, tantalizing, tart, tasty, thought- challenging, thought- inspiring, thought- provoking, tickling, titillating, vigorous, vivacious, vulgar, wicked, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy
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