tren·chant /-ʧənt/
(a.)銳利的,尖刻的,苛刻的,有力的,分明的,清晰的
Trench·ant a.
1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. “ Trenchant was the blade.”
2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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trenchant
adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought,
expression, or intellect; "searching insights";
"trenchant criticism" [syn: searching]
2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting
expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: hard-hitting]
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" [syn: clear-cut, distinct]