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peart

/peert, pyert/US // pɪərt, pyɛrt //UK // (pɪət) //

梨子,梨树,梨花,梨花带雨

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Dialect.

    • : lively; brisk; cheerful.

Examples

  • She's right smart younger than I am, and I've got eight children and five grandchildren, peart and lively as rabbits.

  • Pap he's down in th' back now, an' ain't right peart, but he'll be 'round in a little, I reckon.

  • He aint got no bag fer ter tote, en he pick up he foots mighty peart.

  • He wuz very peart and sassy, and it was take-it-or-leave-it-and-be-plaguey- quick-about-it all the time.

  • The little gal—Eda, we call her—began to pick right up on that milk, and now she's as peart as any child you ever saw.