Pique

(noun.) tightly woven fabric with raised cords.

(noun.) a sudden outburst of anger; 'his temper sparked like damp firewood'.

(verb.) cause to feel resentment or indignation; 'Her tactless remark offended me'.

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• This was his answer, written, I suppose, in some pique: True you have given me many sweet kisses, and a lock of your beautiful hair. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• You have no idea how these enigmatic speeches pique my curiosity. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I was the truest wife that ever lived, though I married my husband out of pique, because somebody else--but never mind that. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• This from me may appear to strangers like personal pique, but all who know me will acquit me of having ever, in my life, coveted the society of fools. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Miss Van Osburgh's vague feeling of pique was struggling for appropriate expression. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• In what way does it pique you? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• As soon as the white-haired man had vanished she said in a tone of pique to the child, Ungrateful little boy, how can you contradict me? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Beautifully finished furniture in quartered oak has always excited the pleasure, and piqued the curiosity of the uninformed as to how this result is obtained. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Also he was piqued that he had been what he called such a stupid lout as to ask that intervention from Mr. Farebrother. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He found a pleasure in setting up Blandois as the type of elegance, and making him a satire upon others who piqued themselves on personal graces. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I exclaimed: and indeed there was something in the hasty and unexplanatory reply which, instead of allaying, piqued my curiosity more than ever. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• At any rate, Betteredge seemed to be piqued by something in the reply which I had just made to him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I was a little surprised--perhaps a little piqued also--by these last words. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The other appointments of the mansion partook of the rude simplicity of the Saxon period, which Cedric piqued himself upon maintaining. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Externally it presents the appearance of some curious, uncouth, cast iron box, which, to the uninitiated, piques the curiosity, and when opened adds no explanation of its real character. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It is one that piques me singularly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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