| 单词 | book smarts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook smarts book smarts n. colloquial (originally U.S.) knowledge acquired from books or study, esp. as opposed to common sense, worldliness, etc.; academic intelligence; sometimes contrasted with street smarts n. at street n. and adj. Compounds 4.In quot. 1974 in singular: cf. smart n.2 4a(b). ΚΠ 1974 Field & Stream July 105/3 But, ‘having no book smart’, as he says, D. L. turned to ‘the most intelligent person I've ever met.’ 1979 Sunday Sun (Baltimore) 8 July k2/4 Those..close to Malone—a man who is gifted with common sense, but lacking in book smarts—would wonder how he could have handled the academic load at Maryland. 2013 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Apr. (Sport section) 50 He's pretty good on the book smarts, but not so good on the street smarts. He's improved a lot.., but he used to be really gullible at the start. < as lemmas |
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