| 单词 | smart cookie |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmart cookie a. Originally U.S. A person of a specified kind. Usually with preceding adjective expressing a positive quality, esp. in smart cookie, tough cookie. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] > as having character or qualities thingc1225 headc1300 vesselc1384 soul1498 sprite?1507 spirit1559 stick1682 character1749 fish1751 hand1756 subject1797 person1807 good1809 specimen1817 a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869 proposition1894 cookie1913 type1922 city1946 1913 Cheyenne (Wyoming) State Leader 11 Apr. 5/2 He was told that he never would have gotten close enough to lay a hand upon the rough tough cookie, if the said rough tough cookie had had his gun with him. 1917 H. S. Truman Let. 8 Nov. in Dear Bess (1983) 234 He's a hard-boiled cookie. 1928 Chicago Tribune 7 Oct. (Comics section) 2 What a swell bunch of cookies you turned out to be. 1939 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 June a9/1 We're a couple of smart cookies, hey? 1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xvi. 110 He's a real tough cookie and you know it. 1994 Country Music Round-up Jan. 6/1 The quality of the project isn't surprising..kd lang is one shrewd cookie, with a fine reservoir of talent to back it up. 1998 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. b6/5 They are both cool cookies whose faces betray little genuine passion. 2014 Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 30/1 Sarah Jessica Parker seems a pretty smart cookie, wouldn't you say? < as lemmas |
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