having a sharply strong taste or smell
有刺激性气味(或味道)的,辣的
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the pungent smell of frying onions. 炸洋葱的辣味。
(of comment, criticism, or humour)having a sharp and caustic quality
(评论,批评,幽默)辛辣的,尖刻的,尖锐的。
"late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘very painful or distressing’): from Latin