smarting
聪明,聪明的,自作聪明,聪明的人
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Definitions
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- : to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- : to be the cause of a sharp, stinging pain, as an irritating application, a blow, etc.
- : to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound.
- : to suffer keenly from wounded feelings: She smarted under their criticism.
- : to feel shame or remorse or to suffer in punishment or in return for something.
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- : to cause a sharp pain to or in.
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smart·er, smart·est.
- : quick or prompt in action, as persons.
- : having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
- : shrewd or sharp, as a person in dealing with others or as in business dealings: a smart businessman.
- : clever, witty, or readily effective, as a speaker, speech, rejoinder, etc.
- : dashingly or impressively neat or trim in appearance, as persons, dress, etc.
- : socially elegant; sophisticated or fashionable: the smart crowd.
- : saucy; pert: smart remarks.
- : sharply brisk, vigorous, or active: to walk with smart steps.
- : sharply severe, as a blow, stroke, etc.
- : sharp or keen: a smart pain.
- : equipped with electronic control mechanisms, software programs, etc., and capable of remote, automated, and seemingly intelligent operation: smart copiers;smart weapons;a smart thermostat.equipped with microprocessors, as for data processing, internet access, etc.: a smartphone;a smartwatch.
- : having properties that can be changed in response to stimuli or environmental conditions; self-regulating: smart fabrics that respond to temperature or light.
- : Computers. intelligent.
- : Older Use. considerable; fairly large.
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- : in a smart manner; smartly.
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- : a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- : keen mental suffering, as from wounded feelings, affliction, grievous loss, etc.
- : smarts, Slang. intelligence; common sense: He never had the smarts to use his opportunities.
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Examples
The SMART Lab researches and develops new technologies to make American infrastructure “intelligent,” safer, and more cost-effective.
According to the CPSC, the issue relates specifically to the use of incorrect screws during the smart doorbell’s installation.
The Titans and Bears are still smarting from tough losses in Week 8.
Google's voice recognition means it understands most of the questions you ask it, and the Google Maps-powered navigation app is smart enough to know your battery state of charge so it can direct you to charging if needed en route.
We need both male and female allies with check-writing abilities to see investments in women not as a statistic to increase, but as smart business—one that’s good for men, women, and our health care system.
Still fearful and smarting from the pain, I arrived on time and was led to chair in his office.
“I think we were smarting a bit at the criticism,” he told me.
I think we were smarting a bit at the criticism ... We knew we had to plot a new course for the show.
Jordan is still smarting from this early lesson in politics.
Romney is smarting from attacks over his time as the head of Bain Capital, the Boston private-equity firm he founded.
But her tenderness and marked affection went some way to soothe the smarting of the girl's sore feelings.
General Johnston was smarting under the criticisms of the campaign which resulted in the loss of Donelson.
They rose to fight, and dispersed for safety, leaving their smarting foe unable to strike for lack of a billet.
You speak in cold blood, Master Heriot, and I was smarting under a thousand wrongs inflicted on me under the mask of friendship.
Stover, smarting at his humiliation below, seized the opportunity for revenge.