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trenchant 音標拼音: [tr'ɛntʃənt] a. 銳利的,尖刻的,苛刻的,有力的,分明的,清晰的 銳利的,尖刻的,苛刻的,有力的,分明的,清晰的 trenchant adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; " searching insights"; " trenchant criticism" [ synonym: { searching}, { trenchant}] 2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; " a hard- hitting expose"; " a trenchant argument" [ synonym: { hard- hitting}, { trenchant}] 3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; " clear- cut evidence of tampering"; " Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct... intentions of conquest"; " trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" [ synonym: { clear- cut}, { distinct}, { trenchant}] Trenchant \ Trench" ant\, a. [ OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr. See { Trench}, v. t.] 1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was the blade." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit. [ 1913 Webster] 134 Moby Thesaurus words for " trenchant": acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, active, acute, aggressive, animated, apperceptive, appercipient, argute, asperous, astringent, astute, biting, bitter, brisk, caustic, clear- cut, cogent, corroding, corrosive, crisp, cutting, discerning, double- edged, driving, dynamic, edged, effective, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, escharotic, farseeing, farsighted, fierce, forceful, forcible, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, full of pep, go- go, gutsy, harsh, hearty, imperative, impetuous, impressive, incisive, ingoing, intense, irritating, keen, kinetic, lively, living, longheaded, longsighted, lusty, mettlesome, mordacious, mordant, nervous, nose- tickling, penetrating, peppy, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, powerful, probing, provident, punchy, pungent, rigorous, robust, rough, sagacious, salty, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing, scorching, sensational, severe, sharp, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, smacking, snappy, sour, spanking, spirited, stabbing, stinging, strenuous, strident, striking, stringent, strong, take- charge, take- over, tart, telling, understanding, vehement, vibrant, vigorous, violent, virulent, vital, vitriolic, vivacious, vivid, withering, zestful, zesty, zippy
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