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单词 sharpnesses
释义

sharp /shärp/

adjective
  1. Cutting
  2. Piercing
  3. Penetrating
  4. Acute
  5. Having a thin edge or fine point
  6. Affecting the senses as if pointed or cutting
  7. Severe
  8. Harsh
  9. Keen
  10. Eager
  11. Hungry (Shakespeare)
  12. Alive to one's own interests
  13. Barely honest
  14. Of keen or quick perception
  15. Alert
  16. Fit, able
  17. Pungent, sarcastic
  18. Brisk
  19. Abrupt
  20. Having abrupt or acute corners, etc
  21. Sudden in onset
  22. Clear-cut
  23. Unblurred
  24. Well-defined
  25. Stylish (informal)
  26. Exceptionally smart or fashionable in dress (informal)
  27. High in pitch, or too high (music)
  28. Raised a semitone (music)
  29. Voiceless (obsolete phonetics)
adverb
  1. High or too high in pitch
  2. Punctually, precisely
  3. Sharply
noun
  1. A note raised a semitone
  2. The symbol for it (♯)
  3. The key producing it
  4. Sharpness (Milton)
  5. A long slender needle
  6. A small sword or duelling-sword
  7. (in pl) sharp instruments, esp used blades or needles disposed of as medical waste
  8. (in pl) hard parts of wheat, middlings
  9. (in pl) sword-fighting in earnest
  10. A sharper
transitive verb and intransitive verb (obsolete or dialect)

To sharpen

ORIGIN: OE scearp; ON skarpr, Ger scharf

sharpˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

To make or become sharp in any sense

sharpˈener noun

sharpˈer noun

A cheat or hoaxer, esp someone who cheats at cards

sharpˈie noun

  1. A flat-bottomed, two-masted vessel with triangular sails, formerly of the US Atlantic coast
  2. A cheat (informal)
  3. One of a set of stylishly dressed teenagers (Aust and NZ)

sharpˈing noun and adjective

Cheating

sharpˈish adjective and adverb

sharpˈly adverb

sharpˈness noun

sharpˈ-cut adjective

  1. Well-defined
  2. Clear-cut

sharpˈ-edged adjective

sharpˈ-eyed adjective

sharpˈ-ground adjective

Ground to a sharp edge

sharpˈ-looking adjective (Shakespeare)

Hungry-looking

sharpˈ-nosed adjective

  1. Having a pointed nose
  2. With a keen sense of smell

sharpˈ-pointed adjective

sharp practice noun

Unscrupulous dealing, verging on dishonesty

sharpˈ-set adjective

  1. Hungry
  2. Keen in appetite for anything, esp food or sexual indulgence
  3. (of a tool, etc) set with a sharp edge

sharpˈ-shod adjective

(of a horse) having spikes in the shoes to prevent slipping

sharpˈshooter noun

  1. An expert marksman
  2. A soldier, police officer, etc employed as a marksman
  3. (loosely) someone with a talent for scoring in any sport

sharpˈshooting noun and adjective

sharp-sightˈed adjective

  1. Having acute sight
  2. Shrewd

sharp-tailed grouse noun

A grouse of W Canada and USA whose middle tail feathers are longer than the rest

sharp-tonguedˈ adjective

Critical, sarcastic, harsh in speech

sharp-toothedˈ adjective

sharp-wittˈed adjective

Having an alert intelligence, wit or perception

sharp-wittˈedly adverb

sharp-wittˈedness noun

at the sharp end

In the position of greatest difficulty, danger, stress, etc, in any activity

look sharp

  1. Be quick
  2. Hurry up

sharp's the word

Be brisk

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