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street smart

聪明人,聪明,聪明的街头人士,聪明的街头

Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : shrewd awareness of how to survive or succeed in any situation, especially as a result of living or working in a difficult environment, as a city ghetto neighborhood.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.

  • When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.

  • A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.

  • The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.

  • The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

  • Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.

  • "We will go to the Hotel de l'Europe, if you press it;" and away the cabriolet joggled over the roughly paved street.

  • While the door was open he caught a glimpse of the street outside—and of Glavis on the sidewalk below.

  • Then the two bodies of the men were buried, carrying them together from the street to the grave.

  • The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.