shrewd
英语
[编辑]其他形式
[编辑]词源
[编辑]约1300年，中古英語 schrewed (“堕落的，邪恶的”，字面意思是“受诅咒的”)，源自schrewen (“诅咒”)，源自schrewe、schrowe、screwe (“邪恶的人或物”)，源自古英語 scrēawa (“邪恶的人”，字面意思是“咬人的人或物”)。等价于shrew + -ed。还见shrew
“精明”一意出现于16世纪初叶，在17世纪前逐渐得到正面意。
发音
[编辑]- 韻部：-uːd
形容词
[编辑]shrewd (比較級 shrewder，最高級 shrewdest)
- 精明的，聪明的，高明的
- 巧妙的
- (非正式) 会在城里混的，会在江湖上混的
- 2003，Ron Ross，Bummy Davis vs. Murder, Inc，頁 287:
- Willie is very aware of this fact and lets Johnny Attell know that there is a fly in the ointment, and Johnny, who is a very shrewd article, has his chauffeur drive him to Bradford Street so he can change the kid's mind.
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- 有学识的
- 2011年11月10日，Jeremy Wilson，“England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph[1]:
- The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.
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- 几乎准确的
- a shrewd guess
- 猜得基本上对
- 严重的，剧烈的
- a shrewd blow, or assault
- 重击；猛烈袭击
- 锐利的，刺骨的
- a shrewd wind
- 刺骨的风
- (古舊) 邪恶的
- (棄用) 有预兆的
- (古舊) 有害的
- 1687，John Aubrey，Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme，頁 29:
- They were wont to please the Fairies, that they might doe them no shrewd turnes, by sweeping clean the Hearth and setting by it […]
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- (棄用) 恶语相向的
- (古舊) 骂人的，尖酸刻薄的