Definition of piercing in English:

piercing

adjective ˈpɪəsɪŋˈpɪrsɪŋ

1Having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence.
her piercing analysis
她的深刻分析。
a tall blonde with piercing eyes
Example sentencesExamples
- Shaking with fear the President broke the intense silent with a piercing question.
- This is a piercing analysis of political currents and an epic tragedy filled with fascinating characters and antagonisms and beliefs that divided the nation.
- You'll know when you're sat opposite a Scorpio; they'll be holding their knife a little too tightly and pinning you with a deep, piercing gaze.
- When he laughed a bit nervously, she took it as an insult and with a piercing glare asked if he was the reason her daddy wasn't allowed to live here.
- I remove my own sunglasses and give her a piercing glare, though it rarely has any affect on her.
- His eyes were keen, their piercing gaze complementing the wisdom behind them.
- I am grateful to an unknown referee whose piercing comment on an earlier version of the paper greatly simplified the proof.
- He leaves the piercing insights for another day though.
- With its piercing insights into the human condition, Ecstasy is an actor's paradise.
- His black leather trench coat billowing out behind him as his piercing blue-eyes seemed deep in thought.
- She looked to be in her early thirties, long blonde hair and intelligent, piercing green eyes.
- A piercing insight and egoless clarity in the assessment of his own future reinstalled his cricketing career once again.
- What struck him though was the piercing gaze of the other.
- That piercing insight is not included in her Critical Editions though it is implicit in the pages reprinted from her own perceptive book.
- I bet he watched this fine, piercing interview with a sinking heart.
- He does, and it's what leads him to some very fine insights and piercing analyses.
Synonyms
shrewd, discerning, perceptive, probing, searching, observant, penetrating, penetrative, sharp, keen, alert, intent, inquisitive
perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, penetrating, discerning, discriminating, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, insightful, keen, acute, astute, clever, smart, incisive, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, subtle, quick, ready, clear, sensitive, thoughtful, deep, profound
1. 1.1 (of a sound) extremely high or loud.
  （嗓音，声音）尖厉的，刺耳的
  she let out a piercing scream
  她发出一声尖叫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She and the guys turned to go, their peaceful silence only to be interrupted by a loud, piercing scream.
  Jerry and I were in the house alone and I'd just fallen asleep, when I was awakened by a loud piercing scream.
  It was a split second before the piercing sound broke the air.
  No more though, they began to cry for mercy as the school collectively recoiled from the piercing sound that had broken the silence.
  The trio was having some pleasant talk about the house when suddenly a loud piercing scream filled the house.
  The sharp, piercing shriek of the morning bell sounded in from within the school building, echoing through the campus.
  Then his ears picked up another sound, a piercing sound that ran shivers down the entire length of his body.
  It was a loud and piercing sound that filled the entire room.
  She covered her ears with the piercing sound of shattering glass.
  Suddenly startled, it flew away as the piercing sound of the bell rang out.
  I opened my window, a piercing sound in the almost complete silence.
  A loud, piercing scream escaped her as she saw his face contort into a wild look of determination.
  He was cut off in mid-sentence by a loud and piercing scream from the rear of the wagon.
  One of them had a voice so loud and piercing that you could hear him from one end of the carriage to the other.
  Soon enough, the boat's whistle began to blow an eerie piercing sound as the water vehicle began moving.
  Bronwyn stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled, a high, piercing sound.
  The sharp, piercing wail of the alarm shattered her dream and woke her abruptly from her sleep.
  Jim followed, his eyes still watering from the piercing sound of that chair screaming across the hardwood floor.
  Not long after the sun rose, a piercing sound went off in Faith's ears.
  Abruptly he stopped, the sharp, piercing cry of a bird reaching his hearing.
  Synonyms
  shrill, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, high-pitched, air-rending, penetrating, shattering, strident, loud, strong
  sharp, intrusive, screechy, squawky
2. 1.2 (of wind or extreme cold) seeming to cut through one.
  （风，极端气温）刺骨的，彻骨寒冷的
  the piercing cold of winter
  刺骨的寒冷。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It snowed on and off all day and a cold piercing wind blew down the streets, along the canyons between the city's skyscrapers.
  Shutting her mind as tightly as she could, she folded up into a ball and began to shiver uncontrollably in the piercing, soul-biting cold.
  When we went out the first time, a piercing wind had whipped the tops off the crashing waves to send biting showers of stinging sea water at us.
  At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold.
  Uncaring, the piercing gusts of air sullied his racked frame, and his head pounded with fatigue.
  Suddenly, the temperature made a drop from warm to freezing, as the plants around her froze and the gust of wind became a piercing gale.
  The weather conditions were quite abysmal with the piercing cold and rain testing the stamina and endurance of all players and panel members.
  Outside the hut the wind has got up, a strong piercing wind.
  Suddenly, all around her, the flames froze, and a piercing wind built up.
  However, as I like being in the open, later on I return to the stern, which was the only place to escape the piercing wind.
  It took me just one step out to be confronted with piercing wind and the black hostile waves of the North Sea a mere hundred yards away.
  Angel managed to find an outcropping of stone to protect her from the piercing, howling wind.
  Her lungs felt heavy from the exercise and her throat ached each time she took a breath of the cold, piercing air.
  It came out cold, a piercing cold that can freeze you solid in your tracks.
  They were all treading through ankle-deep snow in the lot, holding their jackets up to their necks against the piercing gale.
  She lay sprawled out across the flagstones relishing the piercing cold and the blistering heat.
  After a little while, he put the book away and slipped his jacket back on against the piercing chill of the wind.
  It is an enterprise that is always on the job, rain or shine, dry heat or piercing cold.
  As I opened the door, the strong piercing cold, and the rain, stung me in the face.
  He imagined being in the coyote's fur - the piercing cold made him wish even stronger.
  Synonyms
  freezing, frosty, frigid, chill, chilling, glacial, arctic, wintry, sharp, keen, biting, stinging, cutting, penetrating, numbing, harsh, fierce, raw, bitter
  British informal parky
  rare nipping
3. 1.3 (of a feeling) intense, typically in a distressing way.
  I recall one moment of piercing sadness
  Example sentencesExamples
  A painful piercing feeling went through my heart when she did that.
  Padlin recognized the kid and a cold flash ran through him, a piercing sense of panic.
  On a more intellectual level, he felt a piercing fear that he would only hurt her by drawing her close, that to even be near him was draining her very essence away.
  Then a piercing panic hit me: What if the lawyers found this broken glass? Of course they'd suspect foul play.
  By reading this book, you'll get an introduction to the hilarious irony of his day-to-day situations, the piercing sadness of his struggle, and the amazing strength he shows in everything he does.
  She pronounced it with venomous, piercing rage, like a vulture pouncing on its prey, and then she threw her cup against the wall.
  Besides, he was a refreshing reminder that gentlemen do indeed still exist in the world, which you know has been a piercing fear of mine.
  The D minor Quartet is by far the most tragic of the six, with a piercing sadness that sometimes borders on gloominess.
  Our daughter was just waking up and seeing her face that morning struck a piercing fear in me.
  Amanda woke in darkness and for an electrified moment lay perfectly still, roused abruptly from a profound sleep by such piercing terror that she was completely disoriented.
  I yelled and wiggled, but I couldn't stop the piercing feeling from growing more intense.
  Both babies screamed together, the same pitch, the same sound, the same abrupt, piercing terror and pain.
  That cold, piercing fear. It could come quickly or slowly, brought on by who knows what.
  Even then he had responded emotionally, as he would assert, to the deep, piercing sadness of the music.
  She felt the piercing sting of humiliation and her heart being broken and torn apart like some fragile letter.
  Synonyms
  intense, excruciating, agonizing, sharp, stabbing, shooting, stinging, severe, extreme, fierce, harrowing, searing, penetrating, racking, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable, torturous
  rare exquisite

noun ˈpɪəsɪŋˈpɪrsɪŋ

1A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery.
（尤指除耳部以外的人体部位上用以挂饰环、饰扣或珠宝的）穿孔
this is the place to get your tattoo or piercing done
Example sentencesExamples
- He said more should be done to stop piercings being carried out in non-sterile environments, such as fashion shops.
- Funnily enough though, it's not the pain that stops me from getting a piercing.
- She explained that she had put together the aftercare bags to ensure people used the right products for all their piercings.
- He said he would conduct about six piercings in an average week, the majority of those being bellybuttons.
- He doesn't have so many piercings or tattoos, but he wears a lot of black.
- Off he strolled down the drive, the silver rings and studs in his facial piercings sparkling cheerfully.
- Body piercers who carry out piercings other than to ears still have to comply with workplace health and safety regulations, she adds.
- She had two piercings in each ear and in the holes she wore hoops with a Celtic design and balls in the middle.
1. 1.1 A ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery worn in a pierced part of the body.
  two months ago, I decided to take out all my piercings
  Example sentencesExamples
  She kept her accessories to a minimum, save for a belly-button piercing and a light pink tote which she kept next to her sun lounger.
  I can easily take my ear piercings out if required and then I look very ordinary.
  She showcased her lean physique in the skimpy crochet two-piece - flashing a belly button piercing.
  Melanie shared a picture of herself without any make-up on as well as some new piercings.
  However, Christian was not long for the job after one of his managers told him that he had to remove his piercings while at work.
  He wore a dark suit and dark sunglasses, but still had on his nose rings and other piercings.
  For the movie, she gained weight, cut off her hair, wore piercings and lived in a shelter for three weeks.

Derivatives

piercingly

adverb ˈpɪəsɪŋliˈpɪrsɪŋli

Neil has a piercingly direct focus and a generous smile.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Sorry about that,’ he said, gazing at me piercingly.
- The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth.
- The air is piercingly clear and cold, the sunshine thin and white, the water of Hudson Bay indigo-blue.
- As Samuel Johnson piercingly observed, ‘Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.’

Definition of piercing in US English:

piercing

adjectiveˈpɪrsɪŋˈpirsiNG

1(of mental attributes) sharp; profound.
（精神特质）敏锐的，深刻的
her piercing analysis
她的深刻分析。
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a piercing analysis of political currents and an epic tragedy filled with fascinating characters and antagonisms and beliefs that divided the nation.
- With its piercing insights into the human condition, Ecstasy is an actor's paradise.
- A piercing insight and egoless clarity in the assessment of his own future reinstalled his cricketing career once again.
- What struck him though was the piercing gaze of the other.
- He does, and it's what leads him to some very fine insights and piercing analyses.
- I remove my own sunglasses and give her a piercing glare, though it rarely has any affect on her.
- That piercing insight is not included in her Critical Editions though it is implicit in the pages reprinted from her own perceptive book.
- I am grateful to an unknown referee whose piercing comment on an earlier version of the paper greatly simplified the proof.
- Shaking with fear the President broke the intense silent with a piercing question.
- He leaves the piercing insights for another day though.
- His black leather trench coat billowing out behind him as his piercing blue-eyes seemed deep in thought.
- I bet he watched this fine, piercing interview with a sinking heart.
- She looked to be in her early thirties, long blonde hair and intelligent, piercing green eyes.
- His eyes were keen, their piercing gaze complementing the wisdom behind them.
- When he laughed a bit nervously, she took it as an insult and with a piercing glare asked if he was the reason her daddy wasn't allowed to live here.
- You'll know when you're sat opposite a Scorpio; they'll be holding their knife a little too tightly and pinning you with a deep, piercing gaze.
Synonyms
shrewd, discerning, perceptive, probing, searching, observant, penetrating, penetrative, sharp, keen, alert, intent, inquisitive
perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, penetrating, discerning, discriminating, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, insightful, keen, acute, astute, clever, smart, incisive, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, subtle, quick, ready, clear, sensitive, thoughtful, deep, profound
1. 1.1 (of eyes or a look) appearing to see through someone; searching.
  （眼睛，眼神）锐利的；敏锐的，有洞察力的
  he stared at me with those piercing eyes
  他用那双锐利的眼睛盯着我看。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nicole tried to look at the jurors, but their piercing eyes seemed to see right in to her mind, so she looked out at the crowd.
  His piercing eyes searched the ceiling, perhaps for an enemy or another of its kind.
  The piercing look in her dazzling green eyes seemed to be challenging me.
  As he looked into her piercing eyes, he blushed profusely and began stammering.
  He looked just like the pictures: the long-ish hair, piercing eyes, and the downturned mouth.
  She was reserved around me since I arrived and she gave me this strange piercing look during dinner, so I didn't know how to react.
  He stood there silently, and looked at me with piercing eyes, as if assessing my worth.
  At the onset of such words, he looked at her with eyes of devastating malice, piercing eyes.
  Alexander looked down at me with suddenly piercing eyes.
  He glanced over at her then, and she could feel those piercing eyes looking her up and down, taking her in, before he turned to gaze out the window again.
  Teena scrunched her brows; her piercing look could make anyone turn stone.
  And just as you thought he is going to retire in silence, there appears a glow in his piercing eyes.
  He looked at me with piercing eyes but didn't say anything.
  Each day she floated down the hall with an armload of books as her piercing eyes searched out the quickest way to class.
  His piercing eyes combed the area for anything strange.
  After a moment, I could feel her piercing eyes focused on me.
  For with every piercing look she gave me when I had done something wrong, I feared that just as she gave me life, she could just as easily take it away.
  For the briefest moment the two strangers just looked, neither seeing the piercing eyes of the other.
  He dove under again, searching with piercing eyes for the girl, his mind besieged with frenzied thoughts.
  Ally squirmed and quickly looked away from the piercing eyes of her aggravated agent.
2. 1.2 (of a voice or sound) extremely high, loud, or shrill.
  （嗓音，声音）尖厉的，刺耳的
  she let out a piercing scream
  她发出一声尖叫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The trio was having some pleasant talk about the house when suddenly a loud piercing scream filled the house.
  The sharp, piercing wail of the alarm shattered her dream and woke her abruptly from her sleep.
  She covered her ears with the piercing sound of shattering glass.
  Jerry and I were in the house alone and I'd just fallen asleep, when I was awakened by a loud piercing scream.
  One of them had a voice so loud and piercing that you could hear him from one end of the carriage to the other.
  He was cut off in mid-sentence by a loud and piercing scream from the rear of the wagon.
  No more though, they began to cry for mercy as the school collectively recoiled from the piercing sound that had broken the silence.
  Suddenly startled, it flew away as the piercing sound of the bell rang out.
  Not long after the sun rose, a piercing sound went off in Faith's ears.
  The sharp, piercing shriek of the morning bell sounded in from within the school building, echoing through the campus.
  I opened my window, a piercing sound in the almost complete silence.
  Then his ears picked up another sound, a piercing sound that ran shivers down the entire length of his body.
  It was a loud and piercing sound that filled the entire room.
  It was a split second before the piercing sound broke the air.
  Abruptly he stopped, the sharp, piercing cry of a bird reaching his hearing.
  She and the guys turned to go, their peaceful silence only to be interrupted by a loud, piercing scream.
  Bronwyn stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled, a high, piercing sound.
  Soon enough, the boat's whistle began to blow an eerie piercing sound as the water vehicle began moving.
  A loud, piercing scream escaped her as she saw his face contort into a wild look of determination.
  Jim followed, his eyes still watering from the piercing sound of that chair screaming across the hardwood floor.
  Synonyms
  shrill, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, high-pitched, air-rending, penetrating, shattering, strident, loud, strong
3. 1.3 (of wind or extreme temperature) seeming to cut through one.
  （风，极端气温）刺骨的，彻骨寒冷的
  the piercing cold
  刺骨的寒冷。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As I opened the door, the strong piercing cold, and the rain, stung me in the face.
  However, as I like being in the open, later on I return to the stern, which was the only place to escape the piercing wind.
  Shutting her mind as tightly as she could, she folded up into a ball and began to shiver uncontrollably in the piercing, soul-biting cold.
  Outside the hut the wind has got up, a strong piercing wind.
  The weather conditions were quite abysmal with the piercing cold and rain testing the stamina and endurance of all players and panel members.
  Suddenly, the temperature made a drop from warm to freezing, as the plants around her froze and the gust of wind became a piercing gale.
  She lay sprawled out across the flagstones relishing the piercing cold and the blistering heat.
  It snowed on and off all day and a cold piercing wind blew down the streets, along the canyons between the city's skyscrapers.
  It took me just one step out to be confronted with piercing wind and the black hostile waves of the North Sea a mere hundred yards away.
  They were all treading through ankle-deep snow in the lot, holding their jackets up to their necks against the piercing gale.
  After a little while, he put the book away and slipped his jacket back on against the piercing chill of the wind.
  Angel managed to find an outcropping of stone to protect her from the piercing, howling wind.
  He imagined being in the coyote's fur - the piercing cold made him wish even stronger.
  Her lungs felt heavy from the exercise and her throat ached each time she took a breath of the cold, piercing air.
  When we went out the first time, a piercing wind had whipped the tops off the crashing waves to send biting showers of stinging sea water at us.
  At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold.
  Uncaring, the piercing gusts of air sullied his racked frame, and his head pounded with fatigue.
  Suddenly, all around her, the flames froze, and a piercing wind built up.
  It is an enterprise that is always on the job, rain or shine, dry heat or piercing cold.
  It came out cold, a piercing cold that can freeze you solid in your tracks.
  Synonyms
  freezing, frosty, frigid, chill, chilling, glacial, arctic, wintry, sharp, keen, biting, stinging, cutting, penetrating, numbing, harsh, fierce, raw, bitter
4. 1.4 (of a feeling) affecting one keenly or deeply.
  （感觉）具有强烈影响力的，能够深深打动人的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our daughter was just waking up and seeing her face that morning struck a piercing fear in me.
  The D minor Quartet is by far the most tragic of the six, with a piercing sadness that sometimes borders on gloominess.
  By reading this book, you'll get an introduction to the hilarious irony of his day-to-day situations, the piercing sadness of his struggle, and the amazing strength he shows in everything he does.
  Padlin recognized the kid and a cold flash ran through him, a piercing sense of panic.
  Then a piercing panic hit me: What if the lawyers found this broken glass? Of course they'd suspect foul play.
  She felt the piercing sting of humiliation and her heart being broken and torn apart like some fragile letter.
  A painful piercing feeling went through my heart when she did that.
  I yelled and wiggled, but I couldn't stop the piercing feeling from growing more intense.
  On a more intellectual level, he felt a piercing fear that he would only hurt her by drawing her close, that to even be near him was draining her very essence away.
  That cold, piercing fear. It could come quickly or slowly, brought on by who knows what.
  She pronounced it with venomous, piercing rage, like a vulture pouncing on its prey, and then she threw her cup against the wall.
  Amanda woke in darkness and for an electrified moment lay perfectly still, roused abruptly from a profound sleep by such piercing terror that she was completely disoriented.
  Both babies screamed together, the same pitch, the same sound, the same abrupt, piercing terror and pain.
  Besides, he was a refreshing reminder that gentlemen do indeed still exist in the world, which you know has been a piercing fear of mine.
  Even then he had responded emotionally, as he would assert, to the deep, piercing sadness of the music.
  Synonyms
  intense, excruciating, agonizing, sharp, stabbing, shooting, stinging, severe, extreme, fierce, harrowing, searing, penetrating, racking, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable, torturous

nounˈpɪrsɪŋˈpirsiNG

1A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewelry.
（尤指除耳部以外的人体部位上用以挂饰环、饰扣或珠宝的）穿孔
this is the place to get your tattoo or piercing done
Example sentencesExamples
- He doesn't have so many piercings or tattoos, but he wears a lot of black.
- She had two piercings in each ear and in the holes she wore hoops with a Celtic design and balls in the middle.
- Off he strolled down the drive, the silver rings and studs in his facial piercings sparkling cheerfully.
- He said he would conduct about six piercings in an average week, the majority of those being bellybuttons.
- She explained that she had put together the aftercare bags to ensure people used the right products for all their piercings.
- Funnily enough though, it's not the pain that stops me from getting a piercing.
- Body piercers who carry out piercings other than to ears still have to comply with workplace health and safety regulations, she adds.
- He said more should be done to stop piercings being carried out in non-sterile environments, such as fashion shops.
1. 1.1 A ring, stud, or other piece of jewelry worn in a pierced part of the body.
  two months ago, I decided to take out all my piercings
  Example sentencesExamples
  I can easily take my ear piercings out if required and then I look very ordinary.
  He wore a dark suit and dark sunglasses, but still had on his nose rings and other piercings.
  She showcased her lean physique in the skimpy crochet two-piece - flashing a belly button piercing.
  For the movie, she gained weight, cut off her hair, wore piercings and lived in a shelter for three weeks.
  Melanie shared a picture of herself without any make-up on as well as some new piercings.
  However, Christian was not long for the job after one of his managers told him that he had to remove his piercings while at work.
  She kept her accessories to a minimum, save for a belly-button piercing and a light pink tote which she kept next to her sun lounger.

单词	piercing
释义	Definition of piercing in English: piercing adjective ˈpɪəsɪŋˈpɪrsɪŋ 1Having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence. her piercing analysis 她的深刻分析。 a tall blonde with piercing eyes Example sentencesExamples Shaking with fear the President broke the intense silent with a piercing question. This is a piercing analysis of political currents and an epic tragedy filled with fascinating characters and antagonisms and beliefs that divided the nation. You'll know when you're sat opposite a Scorpio; they'll be holding their knife a little too tightly and pinning you with a deep, piercing gaze. When he laughed a bit nervously, she took it as an insult and with a piercing glare asked if he was the reason her daddy wasn't allowed to live here. I remove my own sunglasses and give her a piercing glare, though it rarely has any affect on her. His eyes were keen, their piercing gaze complementing the wisdom behind them. I am grateful to an unknown referee whose piercing comment on an earlier version of the paper greatly simplified the proof. He leaves the piercing insights for another day though. With its piercing insights into the human condition, Ecstasy is an actor's paradise. His black leather trench coat billowing out behind him as his piercing blue-eyes seemed deep in thought. She looked to be in her early thirties, long blonde hair and intelligent, piercing green eyes. A piercing insight and egoless clarity in the assessment of his own future reinstalled his cricketing career once again. What struck him though was the piercing gaze of the other. That piercing insight is not included in her Critical Editions though it is implicit in the pages reprinted from her own perceptive book. I bet he watched this fine, piercing interview with a sinking heart. He does, and it's what leads him to some very fine insights and piercing analyses. Synonyms shrewd, discerning, perceptive, probing, searching, observant, penetrating, penetrative, sharp, keen, alert, intent, inquisitive perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, penetrating, discerning, discriminating, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, insightful, keen, acute, astute, clever, smart, incisive, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, subtle, quick, ready, clear, sensitive, thoughtful, deep, profound 1.1 (of a sound) extremely high or loud. （嗓音，声音）尖厉的，刺耳的 she let out a piercing scream 她发出一声尖叫。 Example sentencesExamples She and the guys turned to go, their peaceful silence only to be interrupted by a loud, piercing scream. Jerry and I were in the house alone and I'd just fallen asleep, when I was awakened by a loud piercing scream. It was a split second before the piercing sound broke the air. No more though, they began to cry for mercy as the school collectively recoiled from the piercing sound that had broken the silence. The trio was having some pleasant talk about the house when suddenly a loud piercing scream filled the house. The sharp, piercing shriek of the morning bell sounded in from within the school building, echoing through the campus. Then his ears picked up another sound, a piercing sound that ran shivers down the entire length of his body. It was a loud and piercing sound that filled the entire room. She covered her ears with the piercing sound of shattering glass. Suddenly startled, it flew away as the piercing sound of the bell rang out. I opened my window, a piercing sound in the almost complete silence. A loud, piercing scream escaped her as she saw his face contort into a wild look of determination. He was cut off in mid-sentence by a loud and piercing scream from the rear of the wagon. One of them had a voice so loud and piercing that you could hear him from one end of the carriage to the other. Soon enough, the boat's whistle began to blow an eerie piercing sound as the water vehicle began moving. Bronwyn stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled, a high, piercing sound. The sharp, piercing wail of the alarm shattered her dream and woke her abruptly from her sleep. Jim followed, his eyes still watering from the piercing sound of that chair screaming across the hardwood floor. Not long after the sun rose, a piercing sound went off in Faith's ears. Abruptly he stopped, the sharp, piercing cry of a bird reaching his hearing. Synonyms shrill, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, high-pitched, air-rending, penetrating, shattering, strident, loud, strong sharp, intrusive, screechy, squawky 1.2 (of wind or extreme cold) seeming to cut through one. （风，极端气温）刺骨的，彻骨寒冷的 the piercing cold of winter 刺骨的寒冷。 Example sentencesExamples It snowed on and off all day and a cold piercing wind blew down the streets, along the canyons between the city's skyscrapers. Shutting her mind as tightly as she could, she folded up into a ball and began to shiver uncontrollably in the piercing, soul-biting cold. When we went out the first time, a piercing wind had whipped the tops off the crashing waves to send biting showers of stinging sea water at us. At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold. Uncaring, the piercing gusts of air sullied his racked frame, and his head pounded with fatigue. Suddenly, the temperature made a drop from warm to freezing, as the plants around her froze and the gust of wind became a piercing gale. The weather conditions were quite abysmal with the piercing cold and rain testing the stamina and endurance of all players and panel members. Outside the hut the wind has got up, a strong piercing wind. Suddenly, all around her, the flames froze, and a piercing wind built up. However, as I like being in the open, later on I return to the stern, which was the only place to escape the piercing wind. It took me just one step out to be confronted with piercing wind and the black hostile waves of the North Sea a mere hundred yards away. Angel managed to find an outcropping of stone to protect her from the piercing, howling wind. Her lungs felt heavy from the exercise and her throat ached each time she took a breath of the cold, piercing air. It came out cold, a piercing cold that can freeze you solid in your tracks. They were all treading through ankle-deep snow in the lot, holding their jackets up to their necks against the piercing gale. She lay sprawled out across the flagstones relishing the piercing cold and the blistering heat. After a little while, he put the book away and slipped his jacket back on against the piercing chill of the wind. It is an enterprise that is always on the job, rain or shine, dry heat or piercing cold. As I opened the door, the strong piercing cold, and the rain, stung me in the face. He imagined being in the coyote's fur - the piercing cold made him wish even stronger. Synonyms freezing, frosty, frigid, chill, chilling, glacial, arctic, wintry, sharp, keen, biting, stinging, cutting, penetrating, numbing, harsh, fierce, raw, bitter British informal parky rare nipping 1.3 (of a feeling) intense, typically in a distressing way. I recall one moment of piercing sadness Example sentencesExamples A painful piercing feeling went through my heart when she did that. Padlin recognized the kid and a cold flash ran through him, a piercing sense of panic. On a more intellectual level, he felt a piercing fear that he would only hurt her by drawing her close, that to even be near him was draining her very essence away. Then a piercing panic hit me: What if the lawyers found this broken glass? Of course they'd suspect foul play. By reading this book, you'll get an introduction to the hilarious irony of his day-to-day situations, the piercing sadness of his struggle, and the amazing strength he shows in everything he does. She pronounced it with venomous, piercing rage, like a vulture pouncing on its prey, and then she threw her cup against the wall. Besides, he was a refreshing reminder that gentlemen do indeed still exist in the world, which you know has been a piercing fear of mine. The D minor Quartet is by far the most tragic of the six, with a piercing sadness that sometimes borders on gloominess. Our daughter was just waking up and seeing her face that morning struck a piercing fear in me. Amanda woke in darkness and for an electrified moment lay perfectly still, roused abruptly from a profound sleep by such piercing terror that she was completely disoriented. I yelled and wiggled, but I couldn't stop the piercing feeling from growing more intense. Both babies screamed together, the same pitch, the same sound, the same abrupt, piercing terror and pain. That cold, piercing fear. It could come quickly or slowly, brought on by who knows what. Even then he had responded emotionally, as he would assert, to the deep, piercing sadness of the music. She felt the piercing sting of humiliation and her heart being broken and torn apart like some fragile letter. Synonyms intense, excruciating, agonizing, sharp, stabbing, shooting, stinging, severe, extreme, fierce, harrowing, searing, penetrating, racking, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable, torturous rare exquisite noun ˈpɪəsɪŋˈpɪrsɪŋ 1A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery. （尤指除耳部以外的人体部位上用以挂饰环、饰扣或珠宝的）穿孔 this is the place to get your tattoo or piercing done Example sentencesExamples He said more should be done to stop piercings being carried out in non-sterile environments, such as fashion shops. Funnily enough though, it's not the pain that stops me from getting a piercing. She explained that she had put together the aftercare bags to ensure people used the right products for all their piercings. He said he would conduct about six piercings in an average week, the majority of those being bellybuttons. He doesn't have so many piercings or tattoos, but he wears a lot of black. Off he strolled down the drive, the silver rings and studs in his facial piercings sparkling cheerfully. Body piercers who carry out piercings other than to ears still have to comply with workplace health and safety regulations, she adds. She had two piercings in each ear and in the holes she wore hoops with a Celtic design and balls in the middle. 1.1 A ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery worn in a pierced part of the body. two months ago, I decided to take out all my piercings Example sentencesExamples She kept her accessories to a minimum, save for a belly-button piercing and a light pink tote which she kept next to her sun lounger. I can easily take my ear piercings out if required and then I look very ordinary. She showcased her lean physique in the skimpy crochet two-piece - flashing a belly button piercing. Melanie shared a picture of herself without any make-up on as well as some new piercings. However, Christian was not long for the job after one of his managers told him that he had to remove his piercings while at work. He wore a dark suit and dark sunglasses, but still had on his nose rings and other piercings. For the movie, she gained weight, cut off her hair, wore piercings and lived in a shelter for three weeks. Derivatives piercingly adverb ˈpɪəsɪŋliˈpɪrsɪŋli Neil has a piercingly direct focus and a generous smile. Example sentencesExamples ‘Sorry about that,’ he said, gazing at me piercingly. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. The air is piercingly clear and cold, the sunshine thin and white, the water of Hudson Bay indigo-blue. As Samuel Johnson piercingly observed, ‘Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.’ Definition of piercing in US English: piercing adjectiveˈpɪrsɪŋˈpirsiNG 1(of mental attributes) sharp; profound. （精神特质）敏锐的，深刻的 her piercing analysis 她的深刻分析。 Example sentencesExamples This is a piercing analysis of political currents and an epic tragedy filled with fascinating characters and antagonisms and beliefs that divided the nation. With its piercing insights into the human condition, Ecstasy is an actor's paradise. A piercing insight and egoless clarity in the assessment of his own future reinstalled his cricketing career once again. What struck him though was the piercing gaze of the other. He does, and it's what leads him to some very fine insights and piercing analyses. I remove my own sunglasses and give her a piercing glare, though it rarely has any affect on her. That piercing insight is not included in her Critical Editions though it is implicit in the pages reprinted from her own perceptive book. I am grateful to an unknown referee whose piercing comment on an earlier version of the paper greatly simplified the proof. Shaking with fear the President broke the intense silent with a piercing question. He leaves the piercing insights for another day though. His black leather trench coat billowing out behind him as his piercing blue-eyes seemed deep in thought. I bet he watched this fine, piercing interview with a sinking heart. She looked to be in her early thirties, long blonde hair and intelligent, piercing green eyes. His eyes were keen, their piercing gaze complementing the wisdom behind them. When he laughed a bit nervously, she took it as an insult and with a piercing glare asked if he was the reason her daddy wasn't allowed to live here. You'll know when you're sat opposite a Scorpio; they'll be holding their knife a little too tightly and pinning you with a deep, piercing gaze. Synonyms shrewd, discerning, perceptive, probing, searching, observant, penetrating, penetrative, sharp, keen, alert, intent, inquisitive perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, penetrating, discerning, discriminating, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, insightful, keen, acute, astute, clever, smart, incisive, knife-like, razor-edged, trenchant, subtle, quick, ready, clear, sensitive, thoughtful, deep, profound 1.1 (of eyes or a look) appearing to see through someone; searching. （眼睛，眼神）锐利的；敏锐的，有洞察力的 he stared at me with those piercing eyes 他用那双锐利的眼睛盯着我看。 Example sentencesExamples Nicole tried to look at the jurors, but their piercing eyes seemed to see right in to her mind, so she looked out at the crowd. His piercing eyes searched the ceiling, perhaps for an enemy or another of its kind. The piercing look in her dazzling green eyes seemed to be challenging me. As he looked into her piercing eyes, he blushed profusely and began stammering. He looked just like the pictures: the long-ish hair, piercing eyes, and the downturned mouth. She was reserved around me since I arrived and she gave me this strange piercing look during dinner, so I didn't know how to react. He stood there silently, and looked at me with piercing eyes, as if assessing my worth. At the onset of such words, he looked at her with eyes of devastating malice, piercing eyes. Alexander looked down at me with suddenly piercing eyes. He glanced over at her then, and she could feel those piercing eyes looking her up and down, taking her in, before he turned to gaze out the window again. Teena scrunched her brows; her piercing look could make anyone turn stone. And just as you thought he is going to retire in silence, there appears a glow in his piercing eyes. He looked at me with piercing eyes but didn't say anything. Each day she floated down the hall with an armload of books as her piercing eyes searched out the quickest way to class. His piercing eyes combed the area for anything strange. After a moment, I could feel her piercing eyes focused on me. For with every piercing look she gave me when I had done something wrong, I feared that just as she gave me life, she could just as easily take it away. For the briefest moment the two strangers just looked, neither seeing the piercing eyes of the other. He dove under again, searching with piercing eyes for the girl, his mind besieged with frenzied thoughts. Ally squirmed and quickly looked away from the piercing eyes of her aggravated agent. 1.2 (of a voice or sound) extremely high, loud, or shrill. （嗓音，声音）尖厉的，刺耳的 she let out a piercing scream 她发出一声尖叫。 Example sentencesExamples The trio was having some pleasant talk about the house when suddenly a loud piercing scream filled the house. The sharp, piercing wail of the alarm shattered her dream and woke her abruptly from her sleep. She covered her ears with the piercing sound of shattering glass. Jerry and I were in the house alone and I'd just fallen asleep, when I was awakened by a loud piercing scream. One of them had a voice so loud and piercing that you could hear him from one end of the carriage to the other. He was cut off in mid-sentence by a loud and piercing scream from the rear of the wagon. No more though, they began to cry for mercy as the school collectively recoiled from the piercing sound that had broken the silence. Suddenly startled, it flew away as the piercing sound of the bell rang out. Not long after the sun rose, a piercing sound went off in Faith's ears. The sharp, piercing shriek of the morning bell sounded in from within the school building, echoing through the campus. I opened my window, a piercing sound in the almost complete silence. Then his ears picked up another sound, a piercing sound that ran shivers down the entire length of his body. It was a loud and piercing sound that filled the entire room. It was a split second before the piercing sound broke the air. Abruptly he stopped, the sharp, piercing cry of a bird reaching his hearing. She and the guys turned to go, their peaceful silence only to be interrupted by a loud, piercing scream. Bronwyn stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled, a high, piercing sound. Soon enough, the boat's whistle began to blow an eerie piercing sound as the water vehicle began moving. A loud, piercing scream escaped her as she saw his face contort into a wild look of determination. Jim followed, his eyes still watering from the piercing sound of that chair screaming across the hardwood floor. Synonyms shrill, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, high-pitched, air-rending, penetrating, shattering, strident, loud, strong 1.3 (of wind or extreme temperature) seeming to cut through one. （风，极端气温）刺骨的，彻骨寒冷的 the piercing cold 刺骨的寒冷。 Example sentencesExamples As I opened the door, the strong piercing cold, and the rain, stung me in the face. However, as I like being in the open, later on I return to the stern, which was the only place to escape the piercing wind. Shutting her mind as tightly as she could, she folded up into a ball and began to shiver uncontrollably in the piercing, soul-biting cold. Outside the hut the wind has got up, a strong piercing wind. The weather conditions were quite abysmal with the piercing cold and rain testing the stamina and endurance of all players and panel members. Suddenly, the temperature made a drop from warm to freezing, as the plants around her froze and the gust of wind became a piercing gale. She lay sprawled out across the flagstones relishing the piercing cold and the blistering heat. It snowed on and off all day and a cold piercing wind blew down the streets, along the canyons between the city's skyscrapers. It took me just one step out to be confronted with piercing wind and the black hostile waves of the North Sea a mere hundred yards away. They were all treading through ankle-deep snow in the lot, holding their jackets up to their necks against the piercing gale. After a little while, he put the book away and slipped his jacket back on against the piercing chill of the wind. Angel managed to find an outcropping of stone to protect her from the piercing, howling wind. He imagined being in the coyote's fur - the piercing cold made him wish even stronger. Her lungs felt heavy from the exercise and her throat ached each time she took a breath of the cold, piercing air. When we went out the first time, a piercing wind had whipped the tops off the crashing waves to send biting showers of stinging sea water at us. At night, I was awakened by the piercing wind and burrowed under the quilt to escape the cold. Uncaring, the piercing gusts of air sullied his racked frame, and his head pounded with fatigue. Suddenly, all around her, the flames froze, and a piercing wind built up. It is an enterprise that is always on the job, rain or shine, dry heat or piercing cold. It came out cold, a piercing cold that can freeze you solid in your tracks. Synonyms freezing, frosty, frigid, chill, chilling, glacial, arctic, wintry, sharp, keen, biting, stinging, cutting, penetrating, numbing, harsh, fierce, raw, bitter 1.4 (of a feeling) affecting one keenly or deeply. （感觉）具有强烈影响力的，能够深深打动人的 Example sentencesExamples Our daughter was just waking up and seeing her face that morning struck a piercing fear in me. The D minor Quartet is by far the most tragic of the six, with a piercing sadness that sometimes borders on gloominess. By reading this book, you'll get an introduction to the hilarious irony of his day-to-day situations, the piercing sadness of his struggle, and the amazing strength he shows in everything he does. Padlin recognized the kid and a cold flash ran through him, a piercing sense of panic. Then a piercing panic hit me: What if the lawyers found this broken glass? Of course they'd suspect foul play. She felt the piercing sting of humiliation and her heart being broken and torn apart like some fragile letter. A painful piercing feeling went through my heart when she did that. I yelled and wiggled, but I couldn't stop the piercing feeling from growing more intense. On a more intellectual level, he felt a piercing fear that he would only hurt her by drawing her close, that to even be near him was draining her very essence away. That cold, piercing fear. It could come quickly or slowly, brought on by who knows what. She pronounced it with venomous, piercing rage, like a vulture pouncing on its prey, and then she threw her cup against the wall. Amanda woke in darkness and for an electrified moment lay perfectly still, roused abruptly from a profound sleep by such piercing terror that she was completely disoriented. Both babies screamed together, the same pitch, the same sound, the same abrupt, piercing terror and pain. Besides, he was a refreshing reminder that gentlemen do indeed still exist in the world, which you know has been a piercing fear of mine. Even then he had responded emotionally, as he would assert, to the deep, piercing sadness of the music. Synonyms intense, excruciating, agonizing, sharp, stabbing, shooting, stinging, severe, extreme, fierce, harrowing, searing, penetrating, racking, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable, torturous nounˈpɪrsɪŋˈpirsiNG 1A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewelry. （尤指除耳部以外的人体部位上用以挂饰环、饰扣或珠宝的）穿孔 this is the place to get your tattoo or piercing done Example sentencesExamples He doesn't have so many piercings or tattoos, but he wears a lot of black. She had two piercings in each ear and in the holes she wore hoops with a Celtic design and balls in the middle. Off he strolled down the drive, the silver rings and studs in his facial piercings sparkling cheerfully. He said he would conduct about six piercings in an average week, the majority of those being bellybuttons. She explained that she had put together the aftercare bags to ensure people used the right products for all their piercings. Funnily enough though, it's not the pain that stops me from getting a piercing. Body piercers who carry out piercings other than to ears still have to comply with workplace health and safety regulations, she adds. He said more should be done to stop piercings being carried out in non-sterile environments, such as fashion shops. 1.1 A ring, stud, or other piece of jewelry worn in a pierced part of the body. two months ago, I decided to take out all my piercings Example sentencesExamples I can easily take my ear piercings out if required and then I look very ordinary. He wore a dark suit and dark sunglasses, but still had on his nose rings and other piercings. She showcased her lean physique in the skimpy crochet two-piece - flashing a belly button piercing. For the movie, she gained weight, cut off her hair, wore piercings and lived in a shelter for three weeks. Melanie shared a picture of herself without any make-up on as well as some new piercings. However, Christian was not long for the job after one of his managers told him that he had to remove his piercings while at work. She kept her accessories to a minimum, save for a belly-button piercing and a light pink tote which she kept next to her sun lounger.
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