clever 音标拼音: [kl'ɛvɚ]
a . 聪明,伶俐;机敏的,精巧的
聪明,伶俐;机敏的,精巧的
clever adj 1 :
showing self -
interest and shrewdness in dealing with others ; "
a cagey lawyer "; "
too clever to be sound " [
synonym :
{
cagey }, {
cagy }, {
canny }, {
clever }]
2 :
mentally quick and resourceful ; "
an apt pupil "; "
you are a clever man ...
you reason well and your wit is bold "-
Bram Stoker [
synonym : {
apt }, {
clever }]
3 :
showing inventiveness and skill ; "
a clever gadget "; "
the cunning maneuvers leading to his success "; "
an ingenious solution to the problem " [
synonym : {
clever }, {
cunning },
{
ingenious }]
Clever \
Clev "
er \,
a . [
Origin uncertain .
Cf .
OE .
cliver eager ,
AS .
clyfer (
in comp .)
cloven ;
or clifer a claw ,
perh .
connected with E .
cleave to divide ,
split ,
the meaning of E .
clever perh .
coming from the idea of grasping ,
seizing (
with the mind ).]
1 .
Possessing quickness of intellect ,
skill ,
dexterity ,
talent ,
or adroitness ;
expert .
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Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century ,
there were only two great creative minds . --
Macaulay .
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Be good ,
sweet maid ,
and let who will be clever .
--
C .
Kingsley .
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2 .
Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former ;
as ,
a clever speech ;
a clever trick . --
Byron .
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3 .
Having fitness ,
propriety ,
or suitableness .
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'
T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever . --
Swift .
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4 .
Well -
shaped ;
handsome . "
The girl was a tight ,
clever wench as any was ." --
Arbuthnot .
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5 .
Good -
natured ;
obliging . [
U .
S .]
Syn :
See {
Smart }.
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194 Moby Thesaurus words for "
clever ":
Attic ,
Daedalian ,
Machiavellian ,
Machiavellic ,
able ,
acute ,
adept ,
adroit ,
agile ,
alert ,
all -
around ,
amusing ,
apt ,
arch ,
artful ,
artistic ,
astute ,
authoritative ,
biting ,
brainy ,
bravura ,
bright ,
brilliant ,
cagey ,
canny ,
capable ,
clean ,
competent ,
coordinated ,
coruscating ,
crack ,
crackerjack ,
crafty ,
creative ,
cunning ,
cute ,
daedal ,
dazzling ,
deceitful ,
deep ,
deep -
laid ,
deft ,
designing ,
dexterous ,
dextrous ,
diplomatic ,
discerning ,
docile ,
droll ,
educable ,
entertaining ,
excellent ,
expert ,
facetious ,
facile ,
fanciful ,
fancy ,
feline ,
formable ,
foxy ,
funny ,
gifted ,
good ,
goodish ,
graceful ,
guileful ,
handy ,
humorous ,
humorsome ,
imaginative ,
impressionable ,
ingenious ,
insidious ,
instructable ,
intelligent ,
inventive ,
jesting ,
jocose ,
jocular ,
joking ,
joky ,
joshing ,
keen ,
keen -
witted ,
knowing ,
laughable ,
magisterial ,
malleable ,
many -
sided ,
masterful ,
masterly ,
moldable ,
mordant ,
motivated ,
neat ,
neat -
handed ,
nimble ,
nimble -
witted ,
no dumbbell ,
no mean ,
not born yesterday ,
original ,
pawky ,
perceptive ,
piquant ,
plastic ,
pleasing ,
pliable ,
pointed ,
politic ,
pretty ,
professional ,
proficient ,
prompt ,
pungent ,
qualified ,
quick ,
quick -
thinking ,
quick -
witted ,
quite some ,
racy ,
rapier -
like ,
ready ,
receptive ,
resourceful ,
ripe for instruction ,
risible ,
sagacious ,
sage ,
salt ,
salty ,
scheming ,
schoolable ,
scintillating ,
serpentine ,
sharp ,
sharp -
witted ,
shifty ,
shrewd ,
skilled ,
skillful ,
slick ,
slim ,
slippery ,
sly ,
smart ,
smooth ,
snaky ,
sneaky ,
some ,
sophistical ,
sparkling ,
sprightly ,
statesmanlike ,
stealthy ,
steel -
trap ,
strategic ,
stylish ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
supple ,
susceptible ,
tactful ,
tactical ,
talented ,
teachable ,
the compleat ,
the complete ,
thirsty for knowledge ,
trainable ,
trickish ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
versatile ,
virtuoso ,
vulpine ,
wary ,
well -
considered ,
well -
contrived ,
well -
designed ,
well -
done ,
well -
invented ,
well -
laid ,
well -
planned ,
well -
reasoned ,
well -
thought -
out ,
well -
weighed ,
whimsical ,
wicked ,
willing ,
wily ,
wise ,
witty ,
workmanlike
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