Pert
[pɜːt] or [pɝt]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Open; evident; apert.
(a.) Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
(a.) Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
(v. i.) To behave with pertness.
校對:马蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Saucy, forward, bold, impertinent, impudent, flippant.
整理:罗莎
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Flippant, saucy, impudent, forward
ANT:Modest, retiring, bashful, demure, staid
校對:特伦斯
解釋/意思:
adj. forward: saucy: impertinent: too free in speech: (obs.) clever.—n. an impudent person.—adv. Pert′ly.—n. Pert′ness.
adj. (obs.) open: evident: plain.
校對:斯坦顿
例句/造句/用法:
- When George was more than usually pert and conceited, the Major made jokes at him, which Mrs. Osborne thought very cruel. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- With your pert tongue you would try the patience of a Job. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- An odious, little, pert, unnatural, impudent girl. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- And serves you right, said Jane, the pert chambermaid, if you will take their money to get drunk on. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It was that made me angry: and so pert: and so unkind: and so ungrateful. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- A pert crooked little chit, Mr Headstone! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
校對:斯坦顿