英语单词“clever clogs”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 clever clogs 释义 clever clogsnoun[C]UKinformaluk

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/?klev.? ?klɑ?ɡz/pluralclever clogssomeone who is veryclever, usually in a way that isslightlyannoying:It'samazingwhat thesecleverclogshave come up with.[as form of address]Go on,cleverclogs,tellus how to do it!

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• It is all verynicelookinglike acleverclogsif you get itrightbut you'lllookprettystupidif you get itwrong.
• Icertainlydon'tconsidermyself acleverclogs.
• Maybe somerestrictionsshould be put on thosehedgefundcleverclogswho make millions from short-sellingstocks.
• Heansweredme backstraightaway, asannoyingsix-year-oldcleverclogsdo.
• Well,cleverclogs, if you have all theanswers, where shall we gotonight?

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Intelligent people

• academic
• bluestocking
• bookish
• bookworm
• bright spark
• cerebral
• clever
• gnome
• laureate
• mage
• mind
• not be just a pretty faceidiom
• pandit
• scholar
• smart cookie
• smart-arse
• superintellectual
• the intelligentsia
• thinker
• wit

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(Definition ofclever clogsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/clever-clogs##