单词 | street-smart |
释义 | > as lemmasstreet-smart street-smart adj. originally U.S. colloquial = streetwise adj.; cf. book-smart adj. at book n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > resourceful > in urban environment streetwise1949 street savvy1965 street-smart1966 1966 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 11 June 10 He was a ‘street smart’ kid who has said he was 19-years-old before he found out that ‘the city paid the cops too’. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 1 May 5/1 Rizzo is tough, street-smart, charming in his own special way. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 28 Tiffany and Alexis, the way I'm bringin' them up, is to be street smart. 2001 New Internationalist Nov. 12/3 Times are changing because ordinary people are street-smart, because they know the ropes. < as lemmas |
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