pique
noun /piːk/
/piːk/
[uncountable] (formal)- annoyed or bitter feelings that you have, usually because you believe that you have not been treated with enough respect
怨恨；愤恨；恼怒 - When he realized nobody was listening to him, he left in a fit of pique.
他发觉他说话无人理睬，就愤然离去。 - She’d lied about it out of pique.
她出于怨愤在那件事上说了谎。
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek piqueTopics Feelingsc2/piːk//piːk/- peak noun
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
麦金利山是北美最高的山峰。
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
- peak verb
- Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.
鸟鸣往往在春季交配季节达到顶峰。
- Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.
- peek verb
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
看恐怖片要从靠垫后面往外偷看。
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
- peek noun
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
她偷偷看了一眼手表。
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
- pique noun
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
他一气之下打碎了球拍。
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
- pique verb
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
他知道尖刻的话会激起他朋友的虚荣心。
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
词源mid 16th cent. (denoting animosity between two or more people): from French piquer ‘prick, irritate’. - When he realized nobody was listening to him, he left in a fit of pique.