whip-smart

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈʍɪpˌsmɑːt/|/ˈwɪpˌsmɑːt/    美 /ˈwɪpˌsmɑɹt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Very intelligent. Canada,US,informal
    — Seeing them here in town, smart in American-style uniforms, Peru's Army looks extremely well-trained, whip-smart.

词形变化

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词源

Inversion of earlier smart as a whip (compare rock solid, from solid as a rock; snow-white, from white as snow; etc.). Possibly an allusion to how quickly the tip of a whip moves when the whip is cracked.
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