資料來源 : pyDict
自以為聰明者,自以為懂事的人
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wiseacre \Wise"a*cre\, n. [OD. wijssegger or G. weissager a
foreteller, prophet, from weissagen to foretell, to prophesy,
OHG. w[=i]ssag?n, corrupted (as if compounded of the words
for wise and say) fr. w[=i]zzag?n, fr. w[=i]zzag? a prophet,
akin to AS. w[=i]tiga, w[=i]tga, from the root of E. wit. See
{Wit}, v.]
1. A learned or wise man. [Obs.]
Pythagoras learned much . . . becoming a mighty
wiseacre. --Leland.
2. One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise
person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
資料來源 : WordNet®
wiseacre
n : an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
[syn: {wise guy}, {smart aleck}, {wisenheimer}, {weisenheimer}]