| 单词 | rapier wit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrapier wit C2. attributive. figurative. Designating or characterized by a quick or incisive wit or intellect. Frequently in rapier wit. ΚΠ 1874 Chicago Tribune 1 Nov. 13/6 [He] left few poems. These however, evince a delicate, rapier wit. 1917 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 47 17 In the early days of the Ethnological Society he was an Ishmaelite in London, preaching his gospel of race with a rapier tongue. 1942 Times 7 May 2/6 (advt.) We find him burnishing his rapier mind in thrust and parry with Shakespeare. 1965 R. H. Hurlbutt Hume, Newton & Design Argument 136 Hume's was a rapier intellect. 1990 Toronto Star 12 Apr. b6 [It] is a seemingly romantic pop song that, with rapier irony, depicts the writers of romantic pop songs as manipulative, money-grubbing hacks. 2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Nov. 6 He surpassed everyone in terms of intellectual ability and rapier wit. < as lemmas |
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