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pique

noun
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[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. annoyed or bitter feelings that you have, usually because you believe that you have not been treated with enough respect怨恨；愤恨；恼怒
    • When he realized nobody was listening to him, he left in a fit of pique.他发觉他说话无人理睬，就愤然离去。🔊🔊
    • She’d lied about it out of pique.她出于怨愤在那件事上说了谎。
    Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak   peek   pique
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    • peak noun
      • Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.麦金莱山是北美最高的山峰。
    • peak verb
      • Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.鸟鸣在春季交配季节趋于高峰。
    • peek verb
      • I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.观看恐怖电影时，我必须从坐垫后面窥视。
    • peek noun
      • She sneaked a peek at her watch.她偷看了她的手表。
    • pique noun
      • He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.他很生气地砸了球拍。
    • pique verb
      • He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.他知道删节的言论会激怒他朋友的虚荣心。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’.

pique

verb
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(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pique
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he / she / it piques
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past simple piqued
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past participle piqued
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-ing form piquing
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Idioms
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  1. pique somebody/something to make somebody annoyed or upset使愤恨；使恼怒 synonym wound1
    • The incident piqued his pride.这件事激起了他的骄傲。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPique is used with these nouns as the object:
    • curiosity
    • interest
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’.
Idioms
pique somebody’s interest, curiosity, etc.
  1. to make somebody very interested in something使…兴趣盎然；引起…的好奇
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak   peek   pique
🔊/piːk/
🔊/piːk/
  • peak noun
    • Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.麦金莱山是北美最高的山峰。
  • peak verb
    • Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.鸟鸣在春季交配季节趋于高峰。
  • peek verb
    • I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.观看恐怖电影时，我必须从坐垫后面窥视。
  • peek noun
    • She sneaked a peek at her watch.她偷看了她的手表。
  • pique noun
    • He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.他很生气地砸了球拍。
  • pique verb
    • He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.他知道删节的言论会激怒他朋友的虚荣心。