wiseacre
英 [ˈwaɪzeɪkə(r)]
美 [ˈwaɪzeɪkər]
n. 自以为无所不知的人; 自以为是的人
复数:wiseacres
COCA.39983
牛津词典
noun
- 自以为无所不知的人;自以为是的人
a person who is annoying because they are very confident and think they know a lot
英英释义
noun
- an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
双语例句
- Allen is a wiseacre who hears the grass grow.
艾伦是个自作聪明的人,对什么事都非常敏感。 - Such sayings themselves grow harder and adhere more firmly with age, and it would take many blows with a trowel to clean an old wiseacre of them.
这种话的本身也愈经久而愈牢固了,必需用瓦刀一再猛击之,才能粉碎它,使一个自作聪明的老人不再说这种话。