| 词汇 | INTELLIGENCE |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG INTELLIGENCE (as) sharp as a razor very sharp-witted or intelligent.The old man's senile, but his wife is as sharp as a razor.Don't say too much in front of the child. She's as sharp as a razor. gray matter intelligence; brains; power of thought. (Informal.)Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the committee resigns.Surely they'll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some gray matter. have a good head on one's shoulders to have common sense; to be sensible and intelligent.Mary doesn't do well in school, but she's got a good head on her shoulders.John has a good head on his shoulders and can be depended on to give good advice. have a mind like a steel trap to have a very sharp and agile mind; to have a mind capable of fast, incisive thought.Sally can handle the questioning. She has a mind like a steel trap.If I had a mind like a steel trap, I wouldn't have so much trouble concentrating. quick on the uptake quick to understand (something).Just because I'm not quick on the uptake, it doesn't mean I'm stupid.Mary understands jokes before anyone else because she's so quick on the uptake. use one's head and use one's noggin; use one's noodle to use one's own intelligence. (The words noggin and noodle are slang terms for "head.")You can do better in math if you'll just use your head.Jane uses her noggin and gets things done correctly and on time.Yes, she sure knows how to use her noodle. INTELLIGENCE - LACKING come in out of the rain to become alert and sensible; to come down to earth.Pay attention, Sally! Come in out of the rain!Bill will fail if he doesn't come in out of the rain and study. go over someone's head [for the intellectual content of something] to be too difficult for someone to understand.All that talk about computers went over my head.I hope my lecture didn't go over the students' heads. |
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