Crisp

(adj.) brief and to the point; effectively cut short; 'a crisp retort'; 'a response so curt as to be almost rude'; 'the laconic reply; `yes''; 'short and terse and easy to understand' .

(adj.) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; 'a sharp photographic image'; 'the sharp crack of a twig'; 'the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot' .

(adj.) (of hair) in small tight curls .

(adj.) pleasingly firm and fresh; 'crisp lettuce' .

(adj.) pleasantly cold and invigorating; 'crisp clear nights and frosty mornings'; 'a nipping wind'; 'a nippy fall day'; 'snappy weather' .

(adj.) tender and brittle; 'crisp potato chips' .

编辑:帕梅拉

• The fine crisp morning made her mother feel particularly well and happy at breakfast-time. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It was a bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day before still lay deep upon the ground, shimmering brightly in the wintry sun. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Under its crystal face appeared a curl of black hair, too short and crisp to have been severed from a female head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He was crisp, fresh, cheerful, affable, bland; but so surprisingly innocent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The crisp, fresh mountain air outside the cave acted as an immediate tonic and I felt new life and new courage coursing through me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• No fierce dry blast has dealt rudely with the surface of her frame; no burning sun has crisped or withered her tresses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

校对:凯特