Trenchant

(v. t.) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

(v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.

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• My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread and butter for us, that never varied. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The trenchant divisions between right and wrong, honest and dishonest, respectable and the reverse, had left so little scope for the unforeseen. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Many timid remonstrances had she uttered to George in behalf of her brother, but the former in his trenchant way cut these entreaties short. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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