2012_03_13 astringent adj. pungent 急劇尖銳;刺鼻。

Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 13, 2012
astringent \uh-STRIN-juhnt\, adjective:
1. Sharply incisive; pungent.
2. Medicine/Medical. Contracting; constrictive; styptic.
3. Harshly biting; caustic: his astringent criticism.
4. Stern or severe; austere.
noun:
1. Medicine/Medical. A substance that contracts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby diminishing discharges, as of mucus or blood.
2. A cosmetic that cleans the skin and constricts the pores.
One endeavors to correct, flushing out error and misconception with the astringent power of historical detail; the other treats the myth as meaningful cultural phenomenon in its own right, accounting for its emergence and tracing its development across time.
 -- Beth Newman, Emily Brontë, "Introduction," Wuthering Heights
But here too she was thinner, and going unripe, astringent.
 -- D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
Related to the words strain and string, astringent comes from the Latin root stringere which meant "to draw tight."
1。急劇尖銳;刺鼻。
2。醫藥/醫療。締約;縮窄;止血。
3。嚴厲咬;燒鹼他的的澀批評。
4。斯特恩的或嚴重的;嚴峻。

名詞：
1。醫藥/醫療。的合約，人體組織或運河的物質，從而減少排放，為粘液或血液。
2。一個化妝品，清潔皮膚和收縮毛孔。

一個努力改正，沖洗出來的錯誤和誤解的歷史細節澀電源;其他當作有意義的文化現象，在自己的權利的神話，佔它的出現和跟踪其發展，跨越時間。
- 貝絲·紐曼，艾米莉·勃朗特，“導言”，“呼嘯山莊”

但這裡也她更薄，去生，澀。
- D.H.勞倫斯，查泰萊夫人的情人“

有關應變和字符串的話，澀來。“畫緊”的這意味著拉丁根stringere的