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noun ˈpiːkeɪpiˈkeɪ mass nounStiff fabric, typically cotton, woven in a strongly ribbed or raised pattern. a white cotton piqué shirt Example sentencesExamples - Wear them to your next polo match with a polo piqué, a fine pair of khakis and your boat shoes.
- Bloomies' spring hats range from fun and practical (how about a red Lacoste rain hat or a pink cotton piqué cap?) to stylish straws and felts.
- Whether you're going to work or hitting hole-in-ones with your buddies, polo piqué T-shirts are where it's at.
- Pink Lacoste or Ralph Lauren piqué polo shirts were probably the biggest sellers and they reflected the image of a distinguished and well-mannered preppy boy.
OriginMid 19th century: from French, literally 'backstitched', past participle of piquer. nounPlural piques piːkpik mass nounA feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride. （尤指自尊心受损而引起的）激怒，赌气 he left in a fit of pique 他气咻咻地走了。 Example sentencesExamples - Keel killed the pay-raise bill with a last-minute point of order in a fit of pique.
- Better, I suppose, that I flame on about flaming out, rather than just quit in a fit of pique after biting my tongue bloody for a month.
- So I think senior colleagues made the wrong decision - but I can't say they made the decision in a fit of pique or envy.
- What exasperated driver hasn't wanted to scream at the person in the passenger seat and snatch the map in a fit of pique?
- The president, apparently in a fit of pique, in October abruptly postpones a long-planned summit with Britain.
- Certainly in France it was an educated decision: it was not one taken in a fit of pique or absent-mindedness.
- Are Europeans going on a buyer's strike in a fit of pique over Iraq?
- Last night, in a fit of pique, just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane.
- They have invested too much in this season to throw it away in a fit of pique.
- I may, in a fit of pique, for no apparent reason that either of us can see, have ‘stuffed’ these carrots behind the water pipes.
- Some have accused Stoiber of deliberately trying to sabotage Merkel in a fit of pique at her rapid rise.
- It was then that in a fit of pique, the deputy smoked three cigarettes in the bar as a ‘protest’.
- Speaking at a Belfast news conference, Mr Ervine denied that his party had left the talks in a fit of pique.
- To leave now would suggest that he'd gone in a fit of pique.
- Of course it didn't happen and I went out in a fit of pique in the next hand.
- President Theodore Roosevelt, who in a fit of pique coined the term ‘muckraking’, called him a potent influence for evil.
- They left two-weeks ago after selling their house in a fit of pique over the fact that their grandchildren were not welcome in the complex's communal backyard.
- That way, when you've done the deed, your spurned lover can't burn your stuff in a fit of pique.
- That's worse than having him blurt out some threats in a fit of pique, he actually thought he could bring New Europe to heel.
- She abused passengers and crew then stripped off in a fit of pique.
Synonyms irritation, annoyance, resentment, anger, displeasure, indignation, temper, bad temper, wounded/hurt pride, wounded/hurt feelings, petulance, ill humour, peevishness, offence, umbrage, vexation, exasperation, disgruntlement, discontent, discontentment
verbpiqued, piques, piquing piːkpik 1with object Arouse (interest or curiosity) 激起，引起（兴趣，好奇心） with his scientific curiosity piqued, he was looking forward to being able to analyse his find Example sentencesExamples - But our little dialogue is supposed to pique people's interest.
- The other guys will notice how much those guys enjoy your company - it might pique their interest.
- It's something that piques people's interest.
- Well, all right - it's not exactly a Thanksgiving story that warms your heart… or even piques your interest.
- Yet he should be chuffed at how history is filling our newspapers, sparking debate, piquing our interest.
- Even those with only a passing interest in the subject matter should find something to pique their curiosity within.
- Curiosity piqued my harbored interest and I stole a glance at myself, to see what others saw of me.
- But in addition to the election-oriented questions, there were some other answers that piqued my interest.
- Plenty of other would-be candidates, however, are piquing the interest of municipal veterans.
- Hopefully with the press we'll pique some people's interest and they'll come see what it's all about.
- But when they wrote about ‘little Gong Li,’ it piqued interest.
- Event planners aim to give those varied interests plenty to pique their partiality.
- When she was in high school, Lisa Pietrusza took a social studies course that piqued her curiosity about politics.
- It is the tax relief measures, however, that would most pique the interest of the public.
- This piques my scientific curiosity and I make a mental note to ask my rather strange-looking hostess about it.
- When some information is revealed about somebody, what piques your interest?
- She says yes, and adds ‘I suppose when my scientific curiosity is piqued, I lose all fear.’
- If that sort of bluntness piques your interest, then the debut LP from Milwaukee's finest is made for you.
- I mean, it's action and it piques people's interest but beforehand we were worried that there wasn't really enough going on.
- Of course this time it's ‘Chinese-Canadian’ Gen-X angst that piques my interest.
Synonyms stimulate, arouse, rouse, provoke, whet, awaken, excite, kindle, stir, spur, intrigue, galvanize 2be piquedFeel irritated or resentful. 使恼怒，使气愤，惹怒 she was piqued by his curtness 他的简短无礼让她感到气愤。 Example sentencesExamples - Apparently piqued, the NYSE gave the report to Grasso and to the media, which soon put it online, giving it to the rest of the world, too.
- I was a bit piqued because I wanted to be known as the funny student.
- ‘Play it yourself then,’ said Liszt, rising from the piano, rather piqued.
- So eggheaded am I about much of what I watch, I was rather piqued that I couldn't have both sets of subtitles on the screen at the same time.
- ‘I can still ride okay,’ he said, sounding piqued.
- If they ask Congress for more troops and more money, will the American people not get a bit piqued and take it out on their President?
- Kelley, piqued, took her purse from him, setting the teacup carefully down.
- He was a little piqued when I brought it back with a few bullet holes, the antenna shot off and one rudder cable severed.
- It doesn't bother me now, but for years I have to say I was a bit piqued at the lack of ceremony surrounding my arrival.
- And she really looked a bit piqued, and I said, ‘What's up?’
- One does attempt to make the government actually represent us by demonstrating and the like, but Aaronovitch seems to get piqued when people do that.
- Broughan is hardly alone in feeling piqued at the dearth of vision amongst the suits at Queen Margaret Drive.
- He never touched her: until one night, piqued that he hadn't made a move, she climbed over the bolster herself.
- They may be even more piqued to find that Jim Wallace knew of the First Minister's heart problem three days before any of Dewar's Labour colleagues.
- However, what the promoters feel piqued about, is the brand value of Colorplus mentioned in the report.
- Since it's now 11 pm, I'm a bit piqued at wasting an entire evening.
- Turns out that swingers are just like the rest of us: happy to bury their heads in the bush and then become piqued at people's lack of honesty in retrospect.
- The management finally took up the matter with the Housing Minister, M.C. Sampath, who apparently felt piqued at the official attitude.
- The nub of the problem is the term District which allows clubs to transfer every season if they wish and move simply because of personality clashes or piqued perhaps at disciplinary decision.
- Like when Maradona went in a huff with Pele, piqued at not getting player of the 20th century.
Synonyms irritate, annoy, bother, vex, provoke, displease, upset, offend, affront, anger, exasperate, infuriate, gall, irk, get someone's back up, disgruntle, nettle, needle, ruffle, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, rub up the wrong way informal peeve, aggravate, miff, rile, get, get to, bug, get under someone's skin, get in someone's hair, get up someone's nose, hack off, get someone's goat, wind up British informal nark, get on someone's wick, give someone the hump, get across North American informal tick off, rankle, ride, gravel, bum out New Zealand informal rark vulgar slang piss off rare exacerbate, hump, rasp 3pique oneselfarchaic Pride oneself. men, who are thought to pique themselves upon their Wit Example sentencesExamples - He piqued himself on being so with them more than with any one else.
- He piqued himself, indeed, upon his courtesy.
OriginMid 16th century (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer 'prick, irritate'. Rhymesantique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak nounPlural piques piːkpik (in piquet) the scoring of 30 points on declarations and play before one's opponent scores anything. （皮克牌用语）30比0。比较REPIQUE Compare with repique Example sentencesExamples - A player who scores 30 in declarations and play before his opponent scores anything gains a pique, which is worth 30 extra.
verbpiqued, piques, piquing piːkpik [with object]Score a pique against (one's opponent). 以30比0赢
OriginMid 17th century: from French pic, from the Old French sense 'stabbing blow', of unknown ultimate origin. nounpēˈkāpiˈkeɪ Stiff fabric, typically cotton, woven in a strongly ribbed or raised pattern. a white cotton piqué shirt Example sentencesExamples - Wear them to your next polo match with a polo piqué, a fine pair of khakis and your boat shoes.
- Bloomies' spring hats range from fun and practical (how about a red Lacoste rain hat or a pink cotton piqué cap?) to stylish straws and felts.
- Whether you're going to work or hitting hole-in-ones with your buddies, polo piqué T-shirts are where it's at.
- Pink Lacoste or Ralph Lauren piqué polo shirts were probably the biggest sellers and they reflected the image of a distinguished and well-mannered preppy boy.
OriginMid 19th century: from French, literally ‘backstitched’, past participle of piquer. nounpēkpik A feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride. （尤指自尊心受损而引起的）激怒，赌气 he left in a fit of pique 他气咻咻地走了。 Example sentencesExamples - So I think senior colleagues made the wrong decision - but I can't say they made the decision in a fit of pique or envy.
- She abused passengers and crew then stripped off in a fit of pique.
- Of course it didn't happen and I went out in a fit of pique in the next hand.
- I may, in a fit of pique, for no apparent reason that either of us can see, have ‘stuffed’ these carrots behind the water pipes.
- Some have accused Stoiber of deliberately trying to sabotage Merkel in a fit of pique at her rapid rise.
- That way, when you've done the deed, your spurned lover can't burn your stuff in a fit of pique.
- They left two-weeks ago after selling their house in a fit of pique over the fact that their grandchildren were not welcome in the complex's communal backyard.
- President Theodore Roosevelt, who in a fit of pique coined the term ‘muckraking’, called him a potent influence for evil.
- Better, I suppose, that I flame on about flaming out, rather than just quit in a fit of pique after biting my tongue bloody for a month.
- Certainly in France it was an educated decision: it was not one taken in a fit of pique or absent-mindedness.
- Keel killed the pay-raise bill with a last-minute point of order in a fit of pique.
- The president, apparently in a fit of pique, in October abruptly postpones a long-planned summit with Britain.
- To leave now would suggest that he'd gone in a fit of pique.
- Are Europeans going on a buyer's strike in a fit of pique over Iraq?
- They have invested too much in this season to throw it away in a fit of pique.
- Speaking at a Belfast news conference, Mr Ervine denied that his party had left the talks in a fit of pique.
- It was then that in a fit of pique, the deputy smoked three cigarettes in the bar as a ‘protest’.
- What exasperated driver hasn't wanted to scream at the person in the passenger seat and snatch the map in a fit of pique?
- Last night, in a fit of pique, just to show me up for a liar, she took her first steps with the cane.
- That's worse than having him blurt out some threats in a fit of pique, he actually thought he could bring New Europe to heel.
Synonyms irritation, annoyance, resentment, anger, displeasure, indignation, temper, bad temper, hurt pride, wounded pride, hurt feelings, wounded feelings, petulance, ill humour, peevishness, offence, umbrage, vexation, exasperation, disgruntlement, discontent, discontentment
verbpēkpik 1with object Stimulate (interest or curiosity) 激起，引起（兴趣，好奇心） you have piqued my curiosity about the man Example sentencesExamples - I mean, it's action and it piques people's interest but beforehand we were worried that there wasn't really enough going on.
- Hopefully with the press we'll pique some people's interest and they'll come see what it's all about.
- The other guys will notice how much those guys enjoy your company - it might pique their interest.
- If that sort of bluntness piques your interest, then the debut LP from Milwaukee's finest is made for you.
- But our little dialogue is supposed to pique people's interest.
- It is the tax relief measures, however, that would most pique the interest of the public.
- It's something that piques people's interest.
- But when they wrote about ‘little Gong Li,’ it piqued interest.
- Of course this time it's ‘Chinese-Canadian’ Gen-X angst that piques my interest.
- Well, all right - it's not exactly a Thanksgiving story that warms your heart… or even piques your interest.
- Plenty of other would-be candidates, however, are piquing the interest of municipal veterans.
- Even those with only a passing interest in the subject matter should find something to pique their curiosity within.
- When some information is revealed about somebody, what piques your interest?
- Curiosity piqued my harbored interest and I stole a glance at myself, to see what others saw of me.
- When she was in high school, Lisa Pietrusza took a social studies course that piqued her curiosity about politics.
- This piques my scientific curiosity and I make a mental note to ask my rather strange-looking hostess about it.
- Event planners aim to give those varied interests plenty to pique their partiality.
- She says yes, and adds ‘I suppose when my scientific curiosity is piqued, I lose all fear.’
- Yet he should be chuffed at how history is filling our newspapers, sparking debate, piquing our interest.
- But in addition to the election-oriented questions, there were some other answers that piqued my interest.
Synonyms stimulate, arouse, rouse, provoke, whet, awaken, excite, kindle, stir, spur, intrigue, galvanize 2be piquedFeel irritated or resentful. 使恼怒，使气愤，惹怒 she was piqued by his curtness 他的简短无礼让她感到气愤。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘I can still ride okay,’ he said, sounding piqued.
- Like when Maradona went in a huff with Pele, piqued at not getting player of the 20th century.
- Kelley, piqued, took her purse from him, setting the teacup carefully down.
- Since it's now 11 pm, I'm a bit piqued at wasting an entire evening.
- He was a little piqued when I brought it back with a few bullet holes, the antenna shot off and one rudder cable severed.
- Turns out that swingers are just like the rest of us: happy to bury their heads in the bush and then become piqued at people's lack of honesty in retrospect.
- They may be even more piqued to find that Jim Wallace knew of the First Minister's heart problem three days before any of Dewar's Labour colleagues.
- It doesn't bother me now, but for years I have to say I was a bit piqued at the lack of ceremony surrounding my arrival.
- One does attempt to make the government actually represent us by demonstrating and the like, but Aaronovitch seems to get piqued when people do that.
- If they ask Congress for more troops and more money, will the American people not get a bit piqued and take it out on their President?
- I was a bit piqued because I wanted to be known as the funny student.
- And she really looked a bit piqued, and I said, ‘What's up?’
- Broughan is hardly alone in feeling piqued at the dearth of vision amongst the suits at Queen Margaret Drive.
- So eggheaded am I about much of what I watch, I was rather piqued that I couldn't have both sets of subtitles on the screen at the same time.
- The nub of the problem is the term District which allows clubs to transfer every season if they wish and move simply because of personality clashes or piqued perhaps at disciplinary decision.
- However, what the promoters feel piqued about, is the brand value of Colorplus mentioned in the report.
- ‘Play it yourself then,’ said Liszt, rising from the piano, rather piqued.
- He never touched her: until one night, piqued that he hadn't made a move, she climbed over the bolster herself.
- The management finally took up the matter with the Housing Minister, M.C. Sampath, who apparently felt piqued at the official attitude.
- Apparently piqued, the NYSE gave the report to Grasso and to the media, which soon put it online, giving it to the rest of the world, too.
Synonyms irritate, annoy, bother, vex, provoke, displease, upset, offend, affront, anger, exasperate, infuriate, gall, irk, get someone's back up, disgruntle, nettle, needle, ruffle, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, rub up the wrong way 3pique oneselfarchaic Pride oneself. Example sentencesExamples - He piqued himself on being so with them more than with any one else.
- He piqued himself, indeed, upon his courtesy.
OriginMid 16th century (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’. nounpēkpik (in piquet) the scoring of 30 points on declarations and play before one's opponent scores anything. （皮克牌用语）30比0。比较REPIQUE Compare with repique Example sentencesExamples - A player who scores 30 in declarations and play before his opponent scores anything gains a pique, which is worth 30 extra.
verbpēkpik [with object]Score a pique against (one's opponent). 以30比0赢
OriginMid 17th century: from French pic, from the Old French sense ‘stabbing blow’, of unknown ultimate origin. |