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pungent



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–adjective 
1. sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; 
acrid. 
(味道等) 刺激的,辣的,苦的

2. acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant. 
3. caustic, biting, or sharply expressive: pungent remarks. 
4. mentally stimulating or appealing: pungent wit. 
5. Biology. piercing or sharp-pointed.  

—Synonyms 
1. hot, peppery, piquant (辛辣的), sharp. 3. sarcastic, mordant, cutting; acrimonious, bitter. 4. keen, sharp.

—Antonyms 
1. mild, bland. 3. soothing. 4. dull.


　
Earnest, goofy video artist Christine (played by July) is trying to [nudge] a [foot] in the door at the local Center for Contemporary Art, but even once she penetrates the fortress, she can't get her work-sample tape into the hands of the standoffish director. 

(Is it ironic or only fitting that art-world superstar July finds her most piquant sample of enforced estrangement inside a gallery?) Meanwhile, frazzled shoe salesman Richard (a superb John Hawkes) is [splitting] with his wife and moving out of the house they share with their Internet-[glued] kids, Peter (Miles Thompson) and Robby (Brandon Ratcliff). 

The separation appears amicable enough, but bewildered Richard is badly unmoored, appearing at his sons' bedroom door like a vagrant, [wild]-eyed supplicant ("Do I look well to you guys?") and setting fire to his hand on the front lawn, as if trying to invent an ancient Ceremony of the Broken Home. 

moor
–noun
1. a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath. (石南) 荒原

–verb (used without object)
1. to secure (
a 
ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines. 

dirigible
可駕駛的, 飛船


3.5 酸鹼值
pungent sexual obscenities 
tart 
barb
vitriolic 硫酸
sulphur 硫磺

vitriol
the subtle hatred between the two women slowly [escalates], nearly reaching a [stage] of vitriol at the end.

acrimonious
acrid
caustic 
piquant 
agreeably sharp or pungent in taste or flavor
a piquant [aspic].【詩】毒蛇, 調味肉汁
July finds her most [piquant] sample of enforced estrangement inside a gallery
mordant 
1. sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker, biting.
2. burning, corrosive.
3. having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing.
and especially Ving Rhames add mordant [humor] to Cage's waking nightmare.
Radha Mitchell is rather [wan] as her chief love interest, 
but Patricia Clarkson is mordantly [funny] and surprisingly [affecting] as her German lover and drug-fiend pal.
Beleaguer




　
It's Dante and Randal who strike back in "Clerks II," a softer, flabbier and considerably higher-budgeted follow-up to Kevin Smith's 1994 indie sensation that nevertheless 

packs enough riotous exchanges 
and 
pungent sexual [obscenities] 

to make its 97 minutes pass by with ease. Politically incorrect raspberries and the umpteenth appearance of [Jay] and [Silent Bob] aside, a gentle feeling of nostalgia pervade[s t]his hit-or-miss sequel, which relocates the gang to the ninth circle of fast-food restaurant hell. 

"Clerks" cultists will need no kicks in the groin to step up to the counter for this second go-round, courtesy of the Weinstein Co.

umpteenth
【俚】(經過無數次以後) 又一(次) 的,數不清的
groin
【解】鼠蹊
【建】穹窿