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clever
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
cleverer; cleverest
cleverer; cleverest
Learner's definition of CLEVER
[also more clever; most clever]
1
: intelligent and able to learn things quickly聪明的；伶俐的
- A few clever [=smart, bright] students have started a business recycling old computers.一些头脑聪明的学生已经做起了回收旧电脑的生意。
- Some cats are clever enough to figure out how to operate doorknobs.有些猫很聪明，知道怎样拧门把手。
2
: showing intelligent thinking高明的；巧妙的 — often used in a joking or ironic way to describe a foolish idea, action, etc.好的，妙的（常用作戏谑或讽刺之意，形容主意、行为愚蠢）
- a clever design/invention巧妙的设计/发明
- That's the cleverest idea I've heard yet!那是我听到的最高明的点子！
- She found a clever hiding place for the letter.她找到了一个藏那封信的好地方。
- Whose clever idea was it to leave the window open?这是谁出的好主意？竟然不关窗户。
3
: funny in a way that shows intelligence诙谐的
- I enjoyed the play's clever [=witty] dialogue.我很喜欢这部剧里诙谐的对话。
4
British, informal : talking in a rude way that is meant to show you are smart油腔滑调的；油嘴滑舌的
- Don't you start getting clever [=(US) fresh] with me! [=don't speak to me in a disrespectful way]别跟我油腔滑调的！
5
: good at doing things with your hands : skillful手巧的；灵巧的
- Even as a little boy playing with blocks he was clever with his hands.小时候玩积木那会儿，他就很手巧了。
- a clever machinist技术娴熟的机械工
6
British, informal — used in various negative expressions to suggest that someone is not feeling well用于否定句，表示某人身体不适
- I'd had a few drinks and wasn't feeling very clever.我喝了几杯，感觉不太舒服。
- For someone who hasn't been feeling too clever lately, he just played a great round of golf.考虑到他近来身体并不好，刚才这一轮高尔夫球他打得算很好了。
too clever by half
chiefly British, informal : clever in a way that is annoying or that causes problems耍小聪明的；聪明过头的
- an arrogant politician who is too clever by half聪明过头的傲慢政客
- a complex computer program that is too clever by half弄巧成拙的复杂的电脑程序
— cleverly
adverb- a cleverly designed gadget设计精巧的小器具
- cleverly written dialogue写得很巧妙的对白
— cleverness
noun [noncount]- the cleverness of the idea那个主意的巧妙之处
- a cat's cleverness猫的聪明
Synonyms
Example Sentences
All of Laptsev went to stare at the bride-to-be—she was no beauty, but everyone could see that she was clever, sophisticated … 
Isaac Bashevis Singer, New Yorker, 29 Sept. 2003 … the three of them may give Gray Davis, who was too clever for his own good, his comeuppance. Garrison Keillor, Time, 25 Aug. 2003 Some thought he had no redeeming value whatsoever. A sociopath. A clever manipulator … Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2002 Those who can't write poetry, write clever letters to the editor. Those who can't write clever letters to the editor, write angry letters to the editor. Matt Groening, Utne Reader, November/December 1987 The old lady was clever enough and he thought that if she had started from any of the right premises, more might have been expected of her. Flannery O'Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 1967 Some cats are clever enough to figure out how to operate doorknobs. That's the cleverest idea I've heard yet! She found a clever hiding place for the letter. See More
Isaac Bashevis Singer, New Yorker, 29 Sept. 2003 … the three of them may give Gray Davis, who was too clever for his own good, his comeuppance. Garrison Keillor, Time, 25 Aug. 2003 Some thought he had no redeeming value whatsoever. A sociopath. A clever manipulator … Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2002 Those who can't write poetry, write clever letters to the editor. Those who can't write clever letters to the editor, write angry letters to the editor. Matt Groening, Utne Reader, November/December 1987 The old lady was clever enough and he thought that if she had started from any of the right premises, more might have been expected of her. Flannery O'Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 1967 Some cats are clever enough to figure out how to operate doorknobs. That's the cleverest idea I've heard yet! She found a clever hiding place for the letter. See More Recent Examples on the Web While there’s a place for clever insults and explosive break-ups in TV scripts, the same can’t be said for corporate America. Lila Maclellan, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 With Latifah and Bridges at the wheel much of this could have been played for laughs, upending a boilerplate scenario in a clever, Jordan Peele kind of way while mocking all the southern bigotry. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 But Apple has made some clever software choices to turn a weakness into a feature—and the company did it in a way that few Android phone makers could counter it in exactly the same way. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2022 Transform dining hall or takeout leftovers in a few clever ways. Audrey Bruno, SELF, 6 Sep. 2022 In that case, there are still some clever ways to determine an approximate, if not exact, build date for the property. Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022 Here are five clever ways to hide unsightly TV cords. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022 In a field experiment, another man devised a clever way to keep fuses, firing caps and matches dry underwater by wrapping them in a condom. Andrew Dubbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022 Are these just musical tributes, or clever ways of gaming the system? Wired, 20 July 2022 See More
Lila Maclellan, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 With Latifah and Bridges at the wheel much of this could have been played for laughs, upending a boilerplate scenario in a clever, Jordan Peele kind of way while mocking all the southern bigotry. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 But Apple has made some clever software choices to turn a weakness into a feature—and the company did it in a way that few Android phone makers could counter it in exactly the same way. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2022 Transform dining hall or takeout leftovers in a few clever ways. Audrey Bruno, SELF, 6 Sep. 2022 In that case, there are still some clever ways to determine an approximate, if not exact, build date for the property. Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022 Here are five clever ways to hide unsightly TV cords. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022 In a field experiment, another man devised a clever way to keep fuses, firing caps and matches dry underwater by wrapping them in a condom. Andrew Dubbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022 Are these just musical tributes, or clever ways of gaming the system? Wired, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English cliver, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish dialect kløver alert, skillful
First Known Use
circa 1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of clever was circa 1595 Phrases Containing clever
adjective¹
adjective²
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