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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
striking
1. the physical coming together of two or more things - contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull • Syn: contact, impinging • Derivationally related forms: strike, impinge (for: impinging), contact (for: contact) • Hypernyms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event • Hyponyms: collision, hit, engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking, flick, impact, touch, touching 2. the act of contacting one thing with another - repeated hitting raised a large bruise - after three misses she finally got a hit • Syn: hit, hitting • Derivationally related forms: strike, hit (for: hitting), hit (for: hit) • Hypernyms: touch, touching • Hyponyms: contusion, crash, smash, bunt, fly, fly ball, grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper, header, scorcher, screamer, plunk, plunker
1. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect (Freq. 14) - a dramatic sunset - a dramatic pause - a spectacular display of northern lights - it was a spectacular play - his striking good looks always created a sensation • Syn: dramatic, spectacular • Similar to: impressive • Derivationally related forms: strikingness, drama (for: dramatic) 2. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention - an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom - a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book - salient traits - a spectacular rise in prices - a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center - a striking resemblance between parent and child • Syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular • Similar to: conspicuous • Derivationally related forms: strikingness, spectacle (for: spectacular), saliency (for: salient), salience (for: salient)
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