Smart



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 刺痛, 痛苦; adj. 时髦的;聪明的
• ［英］ adj. 时髦的 ( stylish) ; 聪明的 ( quick in thinking)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English smert causing pain, from Old English smeart; akin to Old English smeortan
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. making one smart ; causing a sharp stinging
• 2. marked by often sharp forceful activity or vigorous strength <a smart pull of the starter cord>
• 3. brisk, spirited <a smart pace>
• 4.
  • a. mentally alert ; bright
  • b. knowledgeable
  • c. shrewd <a smart investment>
• 5.
  • a. witty, clever <a smart sitcom>
  • b. pert, saucy <don't get smart with me>
• 6.
  • a. neat, trim <soldiers in smart uniforms>
  • b. stylish or elegant in dress or appearance
  • c.
    • (1) appealing to sophisticated tastes
    • (2) characteristic of or patronized by fashionable society
• 7.
  • a. being a guided missile <a laser-guided smart bomb>
  • b. operating by automation <a smart machine tool>
  • c. intelligent 3
• ? smartly adverb
• ? smartness noun

II. intransitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English smerten, from Old English smeortan; akin to Old High German smerzan to pain
• Date: 13th century
• 1. to cause or be the cause or seat of a sharp stinging pain; also to feel or have such a pain
• 2.
  • a. to feel or endure distress, remorse, or embarrassment <smarting from wounded vanity — W. L. Shirer>
  • b. to pay a heavy or stinging penalty <would have to smart for this foolishness>

III. noun

• Date: 13th century
• 1. a smarting pain; especially a stinging local pain
• 2. poignant grief or remorse <was not the sort to get over smarts — Sir Winston Churchill>
• 3. plural, slang intelligence, know-how

IV. adverb

• Date: 13th century
• ［trn］ in a smart manner ［b］

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