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1 racy
adj1) характерний; що зберіг природний смак; що зберіг сліди свого походження2) свіжий (про продукти)3) що має букет (про вино); запашний4) міцний, гострий (про запах тощо)5) пряний; пікантний (про сир тощо)6) живий, жвавий, енергійний7) яскравий, колоритний8) чистокровний, породистий9) амер. похітливий, хтивийracy of the soil — а) простонародний; б) яскравий, колоритний (про мову)
* * *[`reisi]a1) який зберіг природний смак; свіжий ( про продукти харчування); який має букет ( про вино); запашний, ароматний ( про чай)2) міцний, гострий ( про запах); гострий, сильний ( про насолоду)3) пряний; гострий, пікантний ( про сир); aмep. пікантний, непристойний4) живий, енергійний; "з родзинкою" ( про людину); живий, яскравий, колоритний ( про стиль)5) чистокровний, породистий ( про тварину)
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