資料來源 : pyDict
傾向於的,易於的,恰當的,聰明的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Apt \Apt\, a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten,
to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. ?
to fasten, Skr. [=a]pta fit, fr. [=a]p to reach attain.]
1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
They have always apt instruments. --Burke.
A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely;
-- used of things.
My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot
or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. --Temple.
This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of
the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. --Lubbock.
3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of
persons.
Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. --Beau. & Fl.
That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt
to remember their grandfathers. --F. Harrison.
4. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something);
quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn;
an apt scholar. ``An apt wit.'' --Johnson.
Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so
apt to die. --Shak.
I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. --Shak.
Syn: Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed;
liable; ready; quick; prompt.
Apt \Apt\, v. t. [L. aptare. See {Aptate}.]
To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] `` To apt their places.''
--B. Jonson.
That our speech be apted to edification. --Jer. Taylor.
資料來源 : WordNet®
apt
adj 1: at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually
unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to
forget" [syn: {apt(p)}, {liable(p)}]
2: mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a
clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram
Stoker [syn: {clever}]
3: (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is
apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not
minded to answer any questions" [syn: {apt(p)}, {disposed(p)},
{given(p)}, {minded(p)}, {tending(p)}]
4: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the
successful copywriter is a master of apposite and
evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {apposite},
{appropriate}, {pertinent}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
APT
1. {Automatically Programmed Tools}.
2. {Audio Processing Technology}.
(1996-01-15)