smart 1 S2 W2 / smɑt $ smɑrt / 形容词 ( comparative smarter , superlative smartest )

1 intelligent especially American English intelligent or sensible 同义词 clever 反义词 stupid :

The smart kids get good grades and go off to college.

I was smart enough to wait for a week.

His decision to become a director was a smart move (= sensible thing to do ) .

2 disrespectful trying to seem clever in a disrespectful way :

Don’t get smart with me, young man.

He made some smart remark.

3 neat British English

a) a smart person is wearing neat attractive clothes and has a generally tidy appearance 同义词 sharp American English 反义词 scruffy :

You’re looking very smart .

b) smart clothes, buildings etc are clean, tidy, and attractive 同义词 sharp American English :

a smart black suit

smart new offices

4 fashionable British English fashionable or used by fashionable people :

one of Bonn’s smartest restaurants

5 technology smart machines, weapons, materials etc are controlled by computers and are designed to react in a suitable way depending on the situation → smart bomb :

smart weapons

6 the smart money is on somebody/something used to say that a particular person or thing is likely to do something or be successful

7 quick British English a smart movement is done quickly, especially with force :

a smart blow on the head

She set off at a smart pace (= fairly fast ) .

— smartly 副词 :

a smartly dressed young man

He turned smartly and walked away.

— smartness 名词 [不可数名词]