sharp
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
a face with sharp features
- 2.
(colloquial)Intelligent.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
- 3.
(music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ⟨♯⟩ after the name of the note).
- 4.
(music) Higher in pitch than required.
The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
- 5.
Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
This grapefruit is especially sharp.
- 6.
Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
The man turned and made a sharp movement towards the door.
- 7.
(colloquial)Illegal or dishonest.
Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
- 8.
(colloquial)Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
a sharp dealer, a sharp customer, sharp practice
- 9.
Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.
- 10.
Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
sharp criticism
When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.
- 11.
(colloquial)Stylish, smart or attractive.
You look so sharp in that tuxedo!
- 12.
Observant; alert; acute.
Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.
- 2.
(not comparable)(of times of day, not comparable) Exactly.
I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
- 3.
(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.
1867, Dutton Cook, Hobson's Choice, Chapter 8, “Music Hath Charms”, p. 72 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hobson_s_Choice/hwhhEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Matilda+Milner+frequently+sang+sharp%22&pg=PA72&printsec=frontcover Whereas Matilda Milner frequently sang sharp, in spite of the efforts of Miss Brown, who played the accompaniment, to give her the right note and keep her in tune.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(music) The symbol ⟨♯⟩, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.
- 2.
(music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ⟨♯⟩.
- 3.
(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
- 4.
(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor).
- 5.
(plural normally)(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
- 6.
A dishonest person; a cheater.
The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
This usage is often classified as a variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.
- 7.
Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- 8.
A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- 9.
(in plural)(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- 10.
(dated, slang)An expert.
- 11.
A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- 12.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
- 2.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
- 3.
(obsolete, transitive)To sharpen.
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ine-pro From Middle English scharp, from Old English sċearp, from *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (to cut).