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searchingp. a. 1. penetrating,affecting and stirring the blood,strong,potent渗透的,影响并搅动血液的,烈性的,有力的。 △2H.IV.2.4.29(27): “and that's a marvelloussearching wine”那可是一种烈性极大的酒。 2. piercing,cutting,sharp刺耳的,锋利的,尖刻的。 △2H.VI.3.2.310:“Could curses kill as doth themandrake's groan,/ I would invent as bitter searchingterms,”要是咒骂能像曼陀罗草的呻吟那样致人死命,我就会杜撰出一些尖刻刺耳的词句。(按:bitter searching又作bitter-searching= keenly piercing,义同。) |