If something is poignant, it makes a sad feeling rise up in you — not only "this is sad", but a sharp, tender kind of sad, often mixed with beauty or with love.

If something is poignant如果一件事是poignant it它 makes a sad feeling rise up in you會讓一種心酸的感覺在你心裡升起 not only 「this is sad」不只是「這件事很悲傷」 but而是 a sharp, tender kind of sad一種尖銳、溫柔的悲傷 often mixed with beauty or with love常常夾雜著美好或愛的感覺。

A poignant moment might be a last goodbye, a child's drawing kept for years, or a song that reminds you of someone who is gone.

A poignant momentpoignant的時刻 might be可能是 a last goodbye最後一次道別 a child's drawing kept for years一張孩子留了很多年的畫 or或是 a song that reminds you of someone who is gone一首讓你想起某個已經不在的人的歌。

Though actually the word started as "sharp", like something that pricks you; that is why the feeling is sudden and keen, not only gloomy.

Though actually不過其實 the word started as 「sharp」這個字一開始的意思是「尖銳」 like something that pricks you像會刺到你的東西 that is why這就是為什麼 the feeling is sudden and keen這種感覺是突然又強烈的 not only gloomy不只是低落而已。

It is a little bookish. People use it about stories, films, photos, and memories more than about everyday objects.

It它 is a little bookish有點書卷氣。 People大家 use it about stories, films, photos, and memories用它來形容故事、電影、照片和回憶 more than about everyday objects比用在日常物品上更常見。

It does not mean angry-sharp, and it does not mean strong-smelling — that cousin is pungent, a different word now, even though the two began as the same idea of something that pricks.

It它 does not mean angry-sharp不是「生氣的尖銳」 and也 does not mean strong-smelling不是「味道很重」的意思 that cousin那個親戚字 is pungent是pungent a different word now現在是不同的字了 even though the two began as the same idea of something that pricks雖然兩者一開始都來自「會刺人」這個相同的概念。