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effeminate [ɪˋfɛmənɪt] adjective

原句:Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body.

1. an effeminate man looks, behaves, or speaks like a woman

swank  [swæŋk] noun

原句:Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body.

1. mainly American swanky

defiant [dɪˋfaɪənt] adjective

原句:We were in the same senior society, and while we were never intimate I always had the impression that he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant wistfulness of his own.

1. refusing to obey a person or rule

Ex. He was in a defiant mood.

pungent [ˋpʌndʒənt] adjective

原句:Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.

1. a pungent taste or smell is very strong and sharp

2. pungent comments or remarks criticize something in a direct and effective way

詞類變化: pungency (noun[U])

                 pungently (adverb)

snub-nosed  [ˋsnʌbˋnozd] adjective

原句:Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.

1. with a short nose that looks tather flat