wiseacre

n. 自以为聪明者, 自以为无所不知的人

发音

其它 /ˈwaɪzeɪkə(ɹ)/

词形变化

wiseacres 复数 wiseacres wiseacred wiseacres 三单 wiseacring wiseacring 现在分词 wiseacred 过去式 wiseacred 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.

  2. 2.

    A learned or wise man.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

smart aleck weisenheimer wisenheimer

上位词 1

upstart

下位词 1

wiseguy

词源

From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English wītga (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).

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