Word · Frequency #23029
pique
愠怒；赌气；不悦
A feeling of irritation or resentment, especially when caused by a slight or social injury; wounded pride.
常用于短语 in a fit of pique（一气之下）。
- 1.
Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.
敌意,恶意；争执。
- 2.
In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
皮克牌中,先手牌手有权在手中计30分,或在对手计分前出牌。
- 3.
midgie, sand fly, punkie, punky (US)
蠓,沙蝇。
- 4.
Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride.
因社交伤害或怠慢引起的恼怒或怨恨；尤指情绪化的轻微冒犯；一时气愤。
敌意；恶感；不和；（皮克牌）先手计分权；蠓；蠓虫；敌意,恶意；争执。；皮克牌中,先手牌手有权在手中计30分,或在对手计分前出牌。
In use
He stormed out of the meeting in a fit of pique after his proposal was rejected.
She refused to speak to him for days out of sheer pique over his thoughtless comment.
Recognizing that his pique was unjustified, he apologized to his friend.
Connections
Collocations
- in a fit of pique
- 一气之下；赌气地
- She resigned in a fit of pique.她一赌气辞职了。
- out of pique
- 出于赌气；因为心里不悦
- He refused to apologize out of pique.他出于赌气拒绝道歉。
- show pique
- 流露出不满；显出愠色
- She showed pique by walking away.她转身走开，流露出了不悦。
- pique at
- 对……的恼怒；因……而生的不悦
- His pique at the criticism was obvious.他对这一批评的恼怒显而易见。
- personal pique
- 个人的赌气；私怨
- This dispute is driven by personal pique, not real policy differences.这场争端是由个人赌气驱动的，而不是真正的政策分歧。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：pique 音近“皮克”，被怠慢时心里像扎了根刺，憋着怨气。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose 名词 pique 表示因被怠慢或冒犯而产生的一时恼怒或赌气，通常用于正式书面语或文学性描写，口语中较少使用；日常口语比较常见的是 annoyance 或 resentment。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 pique 真正押韵：unique、technique、antique、critique、physique、boutique 都有重读的 /iːk/ 和相同的 -ique 拼写。注意区分：pique 与 peak、peek 同音，但不与 pike /paɪk/ 或 opaque /oʊˈpeɪk/ 押韵；piquet /pɪˈket/ 是另一个词。
Learn the forms together
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