| 单词 | up to snuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasup to snuff a. up to snuff, knowing, sharp, not easily deceived; up to the required or usual standard, up to scratch. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [adjective] world-wiseOE worldly-wisec1400 smart1571 shrewd1589 hard1655 sharp1697 auld-farrant1702 up to snuff1810 canny1816 savvy1826 worldly1829 lairy1846 facultized1872 sophisticated1895 hep1899 hip1904 streetwise1949 ready1967 kewl1990 the world > action or operation > ability > able, capable, or competent [phrase] > fit or competent to come up to (the) scratch1843 up to snuff1906 1810 J. Poole Hamlet Travestie ii. i. 21 Zooks, he's up to snuff. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) at Up Up to snuff, and a pinch above it. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxi. 313 An up-to-snuff, old vagabond. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook xxii You American ladies are so—up to snuff, as you say. 1906 J. London Let. 31 May (1966) 204 As usual, your criticisms are right up to snuff. 1931 Punch 4 Nov. 495/2 Now Romney painted well enough, And Reynolds too, they say, And Gainsborough's things are up to snuff, And Lawrence had his day. 1943 E. B. White Let. 20 Mar. (1976) 239 The Central Park piece..is up to snuff or better. 1944 R. Lehmann Ballad & Source 204 Madame Jardine says you're to go and see her for a few minutes. Only a few to-day. She's not quite up to snuff. 1974 S. Ellin Stronghold 33 He did not..go as far as some Quakers by convincement and suggest that birthright Quakers are not quite up to snuff. 1982 Notes & Queries Feb. 83/1 The publisher's rejection of such received proceedings reflects, I suppose, their commitment to a databank, annual slices of which will suffice to bring future editions of their guides up to snuff. < as lemmas |
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