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acute 音標拼音: [əkj'ut] a. 敏銳的,激烈的,尖銳的,嚴重的 敏銳的,激烈的,尖銳的,嚴重的 acute adj 1: having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; " acute appendicitis"; " the acute phase of the illness"; " acute patients" [ ant: { chronic}] 2: extremely sharp or intense; " acute pain"; " felt acute annoyance"; " intense itching and burning" [ synonym: { acute}, { intense}] 3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; " an acute observer of politics and politicians"; " incisive comments"; " icy knifelike reasoning"; " as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; " penetrating insight"; " frequent penetrative observations" [ synonym: { acute}, { discriminating}, { incisive}, { keen}, { knifelike}, { penetrating}, { penetrative}, { piercing}, { sharp}] 4: of an angle; less than 90 degrees [ ant: { obtuse}] 5: ending in a sharp point [ synonym: { acuate}, { acute}, { sharp}, { needlelike}] 6: of critical importance and consequence; " an acute ( or critical) lack of research funds" n 1: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [ synonym: { acute accent}, { acute}, { ague}] Acute \ A* cute"\, a. [ L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr. a root ak to be sharp. Cf. { Ague}, { Cute}, { Edge}.] 1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to { blunt} or { obtuse}; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to { dull} or { stupid}; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure. [ 1913 Webster] 4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to { grave} or { low}; as, an acute tone or accent. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Med.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to { chronic}; as, an acute disease. AS [ 1913 Webster] { Acute angle} ( Geom.), an angle less than a right angle. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp- witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See { Subtile}. [ 1913 Webster]
Acute \ A* cute"\, v. t. To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much. [ R.] -- Walker. [ 1913 Webster] 284 Moby Thesaurus words for " acute": Machiavellian, Machiavellic, absorbing, acanthoid, acanthous, accurate, acicular, acrid, active, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, afflictive, aggravated, aggressive, agonizing, alert, animated, apperceptive, appercipient, arch, argute, artful, astute, atrocious, aware, barbed, biting, brisk, cagey, canny, clamorous, clever, climacteric, cogent, compelling, cornuted, crafty, cramping, creaky, critical, crucial, cruel, crying, cunning, cusped, cuspidate, cute, cutting, dangerous, deceitful, deep, deep- felt, deep- laid, deepgoing, designing, desperate, diplomatic, dire, discerning, discriminating, distressing, double- edged, drastic, dynamic, ear- piercing, edged, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, excessive, excruciating, exigent, exorbitant, exquisite, extravagant, extreme, farseeing, farsighted, featheredged, feline, fierce, fine, forceful, forcible, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, foxy, full of pep, furious, gnawing, go- go, grave, great, griping, guileful, hard, harrowing, harsh, hazardous, heartfelt, hearty, high, high- pressure, high- priority, hispid, homefelt, horned, horny, howling, hurtful, hurting, immoderate, imperative, imperious, impetuous, incisive, indelible, ingenious, insidious, insightful, insistent, instant, intelligent, intemperate, intense, intensified, inventive, keen, keen- edged, keening, kinetic, knifelike, knowing, lively, living, longheaded, longsighted, lusty, menacing, meticulous, mettlesome, mucronate, narrow, needle- pointed, needle- sharp, observant, outrageous, painful, paroxysmal, pawky, peaked, peaky, penetrating, peppy, perceptive, percipient, perilous, perspicacious, perspicuous, pervading, piercing, piping, pivotal, poignant, pointed, politic, precarious, precise, pressing, prickly, probing, profound, pronged, provident, pungent, quick- witted, racking, razor- edged, ready, reedy, resourceful, rigorous, robust, rough, sagacious, scheming, screaky, screeching, screechy, sensitive, serious, serpentine, set, severe, shall, sharp, sharp- pointed, sharp- sighted, sharp- witted, shifty, shooting, shrewd, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, slick, slippery, sly, smacking, smooth, snaky, snappy, sneaky, sophistical, spanking, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, spirited, splitting, squeaking, squeaky, stabbing, stealthy, stinging, strategic, strenuous, strong, subtile, subtle, sudden, supple, tactical, take- charge, take- over, tapered, tapering, thin, threatening, tined, tinny, toothed, tormenting, torturous, tough, treble, trenchant, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two- edged, ululant, unbated, unconscionable, understanding, urgent, vehement, venomous, vibrant, vigorous, violent, virulent, vivacious, vivid, vulpine, wailing, wary, whining, whistling, wily, wise, zestful, zesty, zippy |
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