| 单词 | world-wise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworld-wise world-wise adj. [compare Middle Low German werlt-wīs very wise, Old High German weraltwīs (adjective) learned, especially knowledgeable in magic, weraltwīso (noun) sage, philosopher] wise in the ways or affairs of the world; = worldly-wise adj.; (also more generally) †having secular knowledge, learned (obsolete). 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 OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xlviii. 8 And næfð nænne forðanc be his deaðe, þonne he gesyhð þa welegan, and þa weoruldwisan sweltan. OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) 28 Nov. 258 Þone hys yldran befæston on his cnyhthade to Alexandrea ceastre sumum woruldwysan men þæt he æt þam leornode þa seofon cræftas on þam beoð gemeted ealle weoruldwysdomas. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6847 Þa weorlde-wis [c1300 Otho worle-wise] mon þa oðere childre bi-wusten. 1670 D. Cable tr. B. Valentinus Of Nat. & Supernatural Things iii. 50 Those who are highly conceited, illuminated, and world-wise, hate, envy, scandalize, defame and persecute this Mystery to the utmost Rind. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xxvii. 192 Silently thinking, I walked by the side of the world-wise woman. 1926 C. A. Macartney Social Revol. in Austria iii. 58 Berchthold, the world-wise diplomat. 2004 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 4 I can talk to her about everything and anything because she's so street savvy and world wise. < as lemmas |
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