Sharp
[ʃɑːp] or [ʃɑrp]
解释:
(noun.) a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point.
(noun.) a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named.
(adj.) having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; 'a sharp knife'; 'a pencil with a sharp point' .
(adj.) keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; 'a sharp pain'; 'sharp winds' .
(adj.) quick and forceful; 'a sharp blow' .
(adj.) very sudden and in great amount or degree; 'a sharp drop in the stock market' .
(adj.) (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; 'C sharp' .
(adj.) harsh; 'sharp criticism'; 'a sharp-worded exchange'; 'a tart remark' .
博妮塔校对--From WordNet
解释:
(superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
(superl.) Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
(superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
(superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
(superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
(superl.) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
(superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
(superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
(superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
(superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
(superl.) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
(superl.) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
(superl.) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
(superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
(superl.) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
(adv.) To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
(adv.) Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
(n.) A sharp tool or weapon.
(n.) The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
(n.) A sharp tone or note.
(n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
(n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
(n.) Same as Middlings, 1.
(n.) An expert.
(v. t.) To sharpen.
(v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
(v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
(v. i.) To sing above the proper pitch.
校对:玛吉
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Acute, keen, with a fine edge.[2]. Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, discerning, discriminating, ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, keen-eyed, keen-witted, sharp-witted, clear-sighted, long-headed, cunning.[3]. Biting, pungent, hot, burning, stinging, mordacious, acrid, piquant, high-flavored, high-seasoned.[4]. Severe, harsh, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, cutting, tart, pointed.[5]. Distressing, poignant, intense, very painful.[6]. Pinching, piercing, nipping.[7]. Strong, eager, fierce, ardent, violent.[8]. Shrill, high, not flat.
v. a. Sharpen, make shrill.
整理:斯图
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Thin, fine, keen, shrewd, discerning, clever, sarcastic, acute, pointed,aculeated, penetrating, pungent, acid, shrill, piercing, afflictive,distressing, harsh, severe, cutting, eager, active, ardent, sore, hard,animated, spirited
ANT:Thick, blunt, dull, obtuse, knobbed, rounded, bluff, mellow, bass, hollow,deep, light, trifling, trivial, mild, gentle, soft, tender, lenient, sluggish,inactive, indifferent, careless, spiritless, tame
整理:莱昂内尔
解释:
adj. having a thin cutting edge or fine point: peaked or ridged: affecting the senses as if pointed or cutting: severe: keen keenly contested: alive to one's interests barely honest: of keen or quick perception: vigilant attentive: pungent biting sarcastic: eager: fierce: impetuous: shrill: (phon.) denoting a consonant pronounced with breath and not voice surd—as the sharp mutes p t k.—n. an acute or shrill sound: (mus.) a note raised a semitone in the scale also the character directing this: a long and slender sewing-needle—opp. to a blunt and a between: a small sword or duelling sword: a sharper cheat: (pl.) the hard parts of wheat middlings: an oysterman's boat—also Sharp′ie Sharp′y.—v.t. (obs.) to sharpen.—v.i. to play the sharper cheat.—adj. Sharp′-cut cut sharply or definitely: well-defined: clear.—v.t. Sharp′en to make sharp or keen pungent or painful active or acute.—v.i. to grow sharp.—ns. Shar′pener one who sharpens; Sharp′er a trickster: a swindler: a cheat.—adjs. Sharp′-eyed sharp-sighted; Sharp′-ground ground to a sharp edge; Sharp′-look′ing (Shak.) hungry-looking.—adv. Sharp′ly quickly: to the moment: (mus.) above the true pitch.—n. Sharp′ness.—adjs. Sharp′-nosed having a pointed nose: keen of scent as a dog; Sharp′-set ravenous.—ns. Sharp′-shoot′er an old term applied in the army to riflemen when skirmishing or specially employed as marksmen; Sharp′-shoot′ing.—adjs. Sharp′-sight′ed having acute sight: shrewd; Sharp′-vis′aged having a thin face; Sharp′-wit′ted having an acute wit.—Look sharp to show eagerness to act quickly.
校对:塔玛拉
例句:
- It made her blood run sharp, to be thwarted in even so trifling a matter. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- You'll hit something next time, if you look sharp. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- But this did not alter Mrs. Blenkinsop's opinion of Miss Sharp. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- What sort of a person is this Miss Sharp, Firkin? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Besides, said Mr. Pumblechook, turning sharp on me, think what you've got to be grateful for. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Now, Betteredge, exert those sharp wits of yours, and observe the conclusion to which the Colonel's instructions point! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- He smelled the odor of the pine boughs under him, the piney smell of the crushed needles and the sharper odor of the resinous sap from the cut limbs. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He'd be sharper than a serpent's tooth, if he wasn't as dull as ditch water. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I have felt something sharper than cold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, A thoughtful man. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The Spaniards built these watchtowers on the hills to enable them to keep a sharper lookout on the Moroccan speculators. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I never saw a sharper lad. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- She was always dangling and ogling after him, I recollect now; and I've no doubt she was put on by her old sharper of a father. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man--Fagin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- We had held this conversation in a low voice, well knowing my guardian's ears to be the sharpest of the sharp. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Gooseberry is one of the sharpest boys in London, Mr. Blake, in spite of his eyes. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The patience and the humility of the face she loved so well was a better lesson to Jo than the wisest lecture, the sharpest reproof. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- They do the same, and as their tongues are the sharpest, you fellows get the worst of it, for you are as silly as they, every bit. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I verily believe that her not remembering and not minding in the least, made me cry again, inwardly,--and that is the sharpest crying of all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The sharpest practitioners I ever knew, Sir,' observed Lowten. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
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