| 单词 | sharp |
| 释义 | sharp (once / 52 pages) 1adjn 2adj 3adj 4adj 5adjadv 6adjn Something with a thin edge or a fine point that can cut is sharp. It's painful when your dog climbs into your lap, poking you with his sharp toenails. A knife and a pointed stick are sharp, since they can pierce or cut, and a piercing pain in your neck is also sharp. You can also use sharp to describe a smart person or clever decision — or someone who dresses well, or the clothes such a person wears. Sharp also means clear, like sharp images in a book of black and white photography, or sudden, like a sharp turn in a mountain road. WORD FAMILYsharp: sharpen, sharper, sharpest, sharply, sharpness, sharps+/sharpen: sharpened, sharpener, sharpening, sharpens/sharpened: unsharpened/sharpener: sharpeners/sharper: sharpers/sharply: sharplys/sharpness: sharpnesses USAGE EXAMPLESAt her workbench, she uses a microscope while cutting and removing tiny bits of metal with a sharp blade called a graver. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “He didn’t let anything around him bother him. He was in the zone and seemed pretty sharp those games.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Twin girls born at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns were delivered at 11:56 p.m. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing a sharp knife a pencil with a sharp point Syn|Ant carnassial (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh chisel-likeresembling a chisel dagger-likeresembling a dagger drill-likeresembling a drill edgedhaving a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination fang-likeresembling a fang file-likeresembling a file incisivesuitable for cutting or piercing keenhaving a sharp cutting edge or point knifelikecutting or able to cut as if with a knife metal-cuttinghard and sharp enough to cut metal penetrating, penetrativetending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing razor-sharpas sharp as a razor sharpenedmade sharp or sharper sharp-toothedhaving sharp teeth pointedhaving a point dull not having a sharp edge or point bluntused of a knife or other blade; not sharp blunted, dulledmade dull or blunt edgelesslacking a cutting edge unsharpenednot sharpened 2adj ending in a sharp point Syn acuate, acute, needlelike pointed having a point 3adj extremely steep a sharp drop Syn abrupt, precipitous steep having a sharp inclination 4n a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point 2Hyper sewing needle a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth 1adj (of something seen or heard) clearly defined a sharp photographic image the sharp crack of a twig Syn crisp distinct easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined 2adj keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point 3a sharp pain sharp winds Syn|Ant acute, intense extremely sharp or intense cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbingpainful as if caused by a sharp instrument fulguratingsharp and piercing salt(of speech) painful or bitter dull not keenly felt deadenedmade or become less intense 1adj having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions Syn acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing perceptive having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment 2adj marked by practical hardheaded intelligence 4Syn astute, shrewd smart showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness 1adj harsh sharp criticism a sharp-worded exchange Syn sharp-worded, tart unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings 2adj having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones 5Syn shrill high, high-pitched used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency 1adj very sudden and in great amount or degree a sharp drop in the stock market Syn sudden happening without warning or in a short space of time 2adj quick and forceful a sharp blow Syn forceful characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical) 3adv changing suddenly in direction and degree 6turn sharp left here Syn acutely, sharply 1adj (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone C sharp Ant natural (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone flat(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone 2n a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named Hypo|Hyper double sharp a musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitones musical notation (music) notation used by musicians |
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