piercing

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pierc·ing1 /ˈpɪəsɪŋ $ ˈpɪr-/ adjective  1  eyes/look 眼睛/目光LOOK AT literary someone with piercing eyes is looking at you and seems to know what you are thinking 敏锐的，锐利的，有洞察力的 There was mockery now in those piercing blue eyes. 那双敏锐的蓝眼睛里流露出讥讽。 She felt foolish and unsure under his piercing gaze. 在他洞悉一切的注视下，她觉得自己很愚昧，没有自信。 He gave her a piercing look. 他向她投去锐利的目光。2  sound 声音HIGH SOUND OR VOICELOUD/NOISY a sound that is piercing is high, sharp, and unpleasant 尖锐的，刺耳的 He grinned and let out a piercing whistle. 他咧嘴一笑，吹出一声刺耳的口哨。 a piercing scream 刺耳的尖叫► see thesaurus at high, loud3. wind 风COLD a piercing wind is very cold 凛冽的，刺骨的4  pain 疼痛 causing a lot of pain 引起剧烈疼痛的 She felt a piercing sensation in her arm. 她感到手臂上一阵钻心的疼痛。5  emotion 感情SAD/UNHAPPY [only before noun] affecting your feelings very deeply in a sad way 刻骨的，深切的 a piercing moment of regret 感到后悔万分的时刻 —piercingly adverb It was piercingly cold. 天冷得刺骨。 She looked at him piercingly. 她目光锐利地看着他。

Examples from the Corpus

piercing• Her voice was nasal and piercing.• piercing beams of light• his piercing blue eyes• Cloudy and unfocused for a moment, his eyes quickly regained their normal piercing clarity.• There came a piercing cry from the back of the cinema.• From the cinema itself there also came a piercing cry.• Letterman's piercing humor• The whistling became louder, more piercing, more painful.• He felt a sudden piercing need to reach out, capture her hand and pull her into his arms.• Some one screamed, a high shrill piercing noise that caused her to break out in goose pimples.• The focus of his gaze has a startlingly piercing quality; an intensity that seems to strike at your very core.• Maggie let out a piercing scream as she saw the truck speeding toward her.• Maggie let out a piercing scream.• He raised his hands and let out a piercing shriek.• Then there was a piercing, terrified scream.• She had a piercing vision of what life would be like without David.• Her eyes were a piercing, watery blue.• Sammy put his finger and thumb in his mouth and gave a piercing whistle.• an icy piercing windpiercing gaze• That piercing gaze threatened immediate reprisal, the tough, unyielding stance of his hard body blocked her path and intimidated her.piercing2 noun [countable, uncountable]  a hole made through part of your body so that you can put jewellery there, or the process of making these holes 〔在身体某个部位的〕（穿）孔

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piercing• Facials, body massage, ear piercing - it's all on offer.

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piercing

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pierc‧ing¹ /ˈpɪəsɪŋ $ ˈpɪr-/ adjective
1.  EYES/LOOK literary someone with piercing eyes is looking at you and seems to know what you are thinking:
    There was mockery now in those piercing blue eyes.
    She felt foolish and unsure under his piercing gaze.
    He gave her a piercing look.
2.  SOUND a sound that is piercing is high, sharp, and unpleasant:
    He grinned and let out a piercing whistle.
    a piercing scream
3.  WIND a piercing wind is very cold
4.  PAIN causing a lot of pain:
    She felt a piercing sensation in her arm.
5.  EMOTION  [only before noun] affecting your feelings very deeply in a sad way:
    a piercing moment of regret
—piercingly adverb:
    It was piercingly cold.
    She looked at him piercingly.

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piercing² noun [uncountable and countable]
a hole made through part of your body so that you can put jewellery there, or the process of making these holes