whip-smart

短语

发音

UK /ˈʍɪpˌsmɑːt/
UK /ˈwɪpˌsmɑːt/
AU
US /ˈwɪpˌsmɑɹt/

别名

whipsmart

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Very intelligent.

    加拿大 美国 非正式

词源

Inversion of earlier smart as a whip (compare rock solid, from solid as a rock; snow-white, from white as snow; etc.). Possibly an allusion to how quickly the tip of a whip moves when the whip is cracked.

来源：wiktionary