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单词 pert
释义
pertpert /pɜːt $ pɜːrt/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpert
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French apert ‘open, speaking freely’, from Latin apertus
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a pert answer
  • Katie is a pert outgoing young woman.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A wren scrabbled in leaf litter a few yards away: tiny, rufous-brown, pert tailed.
  • All these fishes are seemingly quite pert and inquisitive.
  • Does that pert chit you were escorting home satisfy you, Neil?
  • Known in her youth as Conie, she was pert, voluble, intellectually vibrant, adventuresome.
  • Lady Maude, small and pert, was cheerful as a little sparrow, welcoming Benedicta like a long lost sister.
  • She wore pert green velvet slippers and a lovely sea green robe.
  • So, why the pert questions?
  • What they wanted was a pert nose, blue eyes, strawberry hair, and height.
1a girl or woman who is pert is amusing, but slightly disrespectful:  Angie gave him one of her pert little glances.2a pert part of the body is small, firm, and attractive:  a pert bottompertly adverbpertness noun [uncountable]
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