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wise·a·cre 英ˈwaɪzˌeɪkə美ˈwaɪzˌekɚAHDwīzʹā'kər 高COCA¹⁰²³²⁷BNC²³⁶²¹³⁺¹iWeb⁶¹³⁸¹
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n.自以为聪明者⁶⁰;自以为懂事的人⁴⁰复数wiseacres
Noun:
an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments这是一个口语用词，意为“自作聪明的人”或“自以为无所不知的人”。关于它的由来，流传着以下一则趣闻轶事：
一位拥有大片土地的乡绅在舰队街Fleet Street魔鬼酒店the Devil Tavern当着英国剧作家、诗人、评论家琼森Ben Jonson, 1572-1637的面夸耀自己的地产。琼森打趣地说，“What care we for your dirt and clods? Where you have an acre of land, I have ten acres of wit.”谁稀罕你那些泥块土垒？你有一英亩地，我就有十英亩才智。“Good, Mr Wiseacre,”说得好，Wiseacre先生那位绅士说道。
另有一则关于音乐家贝多芬的类似轶闻。有一次，他收到一张署名“土地所有者”landowner的名片，他便将自己的名片回敬了一张给对方，并附上“智慧所有者”brainowner字样。
此类名人轶闻趣事可能有几分可信之处，然而词源学家却不以为然。他们认为wiseacre和acre在词源上没有任何联系，该词是16世纪末从意为“预言者”的中古荷兰语wijsseggher或德语Weissager相当于英语wise-sayer演化过来的，无疑俗词源在变化过程中是起了作用的。wise-acre⇒n.自以为聪明者⁶⁰;自以为懂事的人⁴⁰近义词 smart aleck自作聪明的wisenheimer口自作聪明的人…wise guy自作聪明的人自以为是的…weisenheimer美俚自作聪明的人, …
as in.(know-it-all
同义词 smart aleck,wise guybraggart,brain,intellectual,windbagsmart-ass,smarty-pants,walking encyclopediaas in.smart-aleck
同义词 bigmouth,know-it-all,smart-ass,smarty-pants,wiseass,wisenheimeras in.wise guy
同义词 know-it-allbigmouth,smart-ass,smarty-pants,wiseass,wisenheimer
know-it-allnoun one who claims full knowledge
braggart,brain,intellectual,smart aleck,smart-ass,smarty-pants,walking encyclopedia,windbag,wise guy
smart-alecknoun wise guy
bigmouth,know-it-all,smart-ass,smarty-pants,wiseacre,wiseass,wisenheimer
wise guynoun smart-aleck
bigmouth,know-it-all,smart-ass,smarty-pants,wiseacre,wiseass,wisenheimer
wiseass/wise-assnoun (vulgar smart aleck)
blowhard,know-it-all,saucebox,show-off,smart aleck,smart-ass,smarty,smarty-pants,wise guy,wiseacre |