| 单词 | adept |
| 释义 | adept (once / 1927 pages) adjn Are you looking for another word to describe a person who is highly skilled, very proficient or expert at something? Try the adjective adept! In the days of Medieval Latin, an adeptus was a person who had learned the secrets of alchemy. Although an adept person today cannot turn lead into gold, the adjective is still high praise meaning "skilled, expert, highly proficient." WORD FAMILYadept: adeptly, adeptness, adepts USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe Petersen is slightly more adept at film review, which allows the Huskies to narrow the gap with each passing day. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Like Janus, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is pretty adept at looking backward and forward at the same time. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) But he gets quite adept at violence; he grows feral. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude adept in handicrafts an adept juggler Syn expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful skilled having or showing or requiring special skill 2n someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field Syn|Hypo|Hyper ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard track star a star runner expert a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully |
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