smarting

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ You can describe someone who is clever or intelligent as smart. 聰明的; 機智的
He thinks he's smarter than Sarah is. 他認爲他比薩拉更聰明。
2. ADJ Smart people and things are pleasantly neat and clean in appearance. 整潔的[英國英語]
He was smart and well groomed but not good looking. 他時髦而且打扮整齊，但是長得不帥。
I was dressed in a smart navy blue suit. 我穿一身整潔的海軍藍制服。
3. smartlyADV 整潔地[ADV with v]
He dressed very smartly, which was important in those days. 他穿得非常整潔，這在儅時很重要。
4. ADJ A smart place or event is connected with wealthy and fashionable people. 時髦的[英國英語]
...smart dinner parties. …時髦的宴會。
5. V-I If a part of your body or a wound smarts, you feel a sharp stinging pain in it. (身躰某部位或傷口) 刺痛
My eyes smarted from the smoke. 我的雙眼被菸燻得刺痛。
6. V-I If you are smarting from something such as criticism or failure, you feel upset about it. (因批評或失敗) 感到難受[journalism] [usu cont]
The Americans were still smarting from their defeat in the Vietnam War. 美國人仍在爲越戰(zhàn)中失利而難受。
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