shrewd

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a. 精明的, 锐利的, 剧烈的, 机灵的, 厉害的

发音

其它 /ʃɹuːd/

词形变化

shrewder 比较级 shrewder shrewdest shrewdest 最高级

别名

shrewde

教材释义与例句

形容词

精明的；狡猾的；机灵的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

    精明

  2. 2.

    Artful, tricky or cunning.

    狡猾

  3. 3.

    streetwise, street-smart.

    非正式
  4. 4.

    Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

  5. 5.

    Nigh accurate.

    a shrewd guess

  6. 6.

    Severe, intense, hard.

    a shrewd blow, or assault

  7. 7.

    Sharp, snithy, piercing.

    a shrewd wind

  8. 8.

    Bad, evil, threatening.

    古体
  9. 9.

    Portending, boding.

    废旧
  10. 10.

    Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.

    古体
  11. 11.

    Scolding, satirical, sharp.

    古体
  12. 12.

    Abusive, shrewish.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

sharp calculating scheming conniving astute calculative

近义相关 2

hard smart

词源

From Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English sċrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew + -ed. More at shrew. The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16ᵗʰ c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17ᵗʰ c.

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