Tra từ pique - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pique sb's curiosity (=make someone want to know about something)
▪ Something she said had piqued his curiosity.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But when he had asked her to marry him, she had declined out of nothing more than pique.
▪ In a fit of pique, she'd included some wild canvases in the last show.
▪ In July, in a fit of progressive pique, I considered bolting for Nader.
▪ She'd lied about it out of pique, but now it seemed to be turning to her advantage.
▪ Yellow pique with little cap sleeves.
▪ You have to go beyond that, transcend revenge and pique and cruelty and cowardice.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
curiosity
▪ Then he told me something that piqued my curiosity.
interest
▪ What we want to do first, though, is to pique your interest by sharing some of the accomplishments.
▪ But organization is not the arena that piques my interest most.
▪ But three recent cases are piquing our interest, and analysts say they may signal new and more venal form of corruption.
▪ The short segments released this week are designed to pique interest rather than answer questions.
▪ But something innkeeper Darlene Elders said over breakfast piqued their interest.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But my comment seemed to have piqued Lleland.
▪ But organization is not the arena that piques my interest most.
▪ But three recent cases are piquing our interest, and analysts say they may signal new and more venal form of corruption.
▪ Freshfields's new marbled offices off Fleet Street would pique the ego of the grandest City banker.
▪ From the start my interest was most piqued by Valadon and Meurent, perhaps because I identified with them the most.
▪ London's leading pair, as if piqued by this, turned 30 September into the longest afternoon.
▪ She was uncompromisingly hostile to him, which piqued and fascinated him.
▪ What we want to do first, though, is to pique your interest by sharing some of the accomplishments.

pique

I. pique¹ /piːk/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
1. a feeling of being annoyed or upset, especially because someone has ignored you or insulted you:
　 ▪ He stormed out in a fit of pique.

2. (also piqué) a type of material made of cotton, silk, or rayon

II. pique² verb
[date : 1500-1600; Language : French; Origin : piquer 'to prick, sting']
1. [TRANSITIVE USUALLY PASSIVE]
to make someone feel annoyed or upset, especially by ignoring them or making them look stupid:
　 ▪ Privately, Zarich was piqued that his offer was rejected.

2. pique your interest/curiosity
especially American English to make you feel interested in something or someone:
　 ▪ She was hostile to him, which piqued his curiosity.