| 单词 | street smarts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstreet smarts street smarts n. originally U.S. colloquial the ability to live by one's wits in an urban environment; cf. book smarts n. at book n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > resourcefulness > in urban environment street savvy1965 street smarts1966 1966 Chicago Daily Defender 17 Aug. 12 Slater was one of this city's few jurists who possessed ‘street smarts’ commensurate with his book learning. 1976 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. 30 To be free, however, requires street-smarts, the cunning of the survivor. 1978 New Yorker 20 Nov. 113 They thought always about winning, and, one way or another, they almost always did win. Like the A's, these Yankees have street-smarts. 2005 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 9 Jan. 18/3 His lawyer characters often pack heat, are adept at car chases and win more by their street smarts than their legal research skills. < as lemmas |
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