Acuteness
[ə'kjʊtnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the quality of having a sharp edge or point.
(noun.) a quick and penetrating intelligence; 'he argued with great acuteness'; 'I admired the keenness of his mind'.
(noun.) a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; 'dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell'.
贝茜手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
(n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
(n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
(n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Sharpness.[2]. Acumen, shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, sagaciousness, astuteness, sharpness, brightness, perspicacity, discernment, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.[3]. Severity, intensity, poignancy, violence.[4]. Highness, shrillness.
編輯:兰尼
例句/造句/用法:
- A deal,' said the old lady, laughing very heartily at her own acuteness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It is impossible to express with what acuteness I felt the convict's breathing, not only on the back of my head, but all along my spine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Nothing in her cherished affection in me, made me better, gentler; she only stirred my brain and whetted my acuteness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They grew to sudden acuteness as she caught sight of George Dorset descending the steps of the Hotel de Paris and making for her across the square. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- She felt this with nervous acuteness as soon as she had spoken, and coloured to the eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Ex-act-ly--pre-cise-ly: with your usual acuteness, you have hit the nail straight on the head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Phineas was tall and lathy, red-haired, with an expression of great acuteness and shrewdness in his face. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- What you say, my dear, is marked with your usual acuteness and good sense, said St. Clare. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Look at her small face, Mrs. Pryor, scarcely larger than the palm of my hand, alive with acuteness and eagerness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Her way of glossing over the transaction with Trenor he regarded at once as a tribute to his own acuteness, and a confirmation of his suspicions. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I rather believe you are giving me more credit for acuteness than I deserve. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
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