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sharper 音標拼音: [ʃ'ɑrpɚ] n. 騙子,欺詐者,賭棍 騙子,欺詐者,賭棍 sharper n 1: a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games [ synonym: { cardsharp}, { card sharp}, { cardsharper}, { card sharper}, { sharper}, { sharpie}, { sharpy}, { card shark}] Sharp \ Sharp\, a. [ Compar. { Sharper}; superl. { Sharpest}.] [ OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. { Escarp}, { Scrape}, { Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen. [ 1913 Webster] He dies upon my scimeter' s sharp point. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Mus.) ( a) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone. ( b) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp ( C[ sharp]), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C. ( c) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to { flat}. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. [ 1913 Webster] Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] The morning sharp and clear. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] In sharpest perils faithful proved. -- Keble. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke. " That sharp look." -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] To that place the sharp Athenian law Can not pursue us. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Be thy words severe, Sharp as merits but the sword forbear. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment. [ 1913 Webster] Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye? arrived at clear and distinct ideas. -- L. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite. [ 1913 Webster] 9. Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. " In sharp contest of battle." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] A sharp assault already is begun. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 10. Keenly or unduly attentive to one' s own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer. [ 1913 Webster] The necessity of being so sharp and exacting. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 11. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand. -- Moxon. [ 1913 Webster] 12. Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve. [ 1913 Webster] 13. ( Phonetics) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Sharp is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, sharp- cornered, sharp- edged, sharp- pointed, sharp- tasted, sharp- visaged, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Sharp practice}, the getting of an advantage, or the attempt to do so, by a tricky expedient. { To brace sharp}, or { To sharp up} ( Naut.), to turn the yards to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may lie well up to the wind. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; quick; sagacious; discerning; shrewd; witty; ingenious; sour; acid; tart; pungent; acrid; severe; poignant; biting; acrimonious; sarcastic; cutting; bitter; painful; afflictive; violent; harsh; fierce; ardent; fiery. [ 1913 Webster]
Sharper \ Sharp" er\, n. A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester. [ 1913 Webster] Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See { Swindler}. [ 1913 Webster] 56 Moby Thesaurus words for " sharper": adventurer, betting ring, bettor, boneshaker, bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, cheat, compulsive gambler, con artist, con man, confidence man, crap shooter, crimp, defrauder, diddler, double- dealer, gambler, gamester, gyp, hazarder, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land- grabber, mortgage shark, mountebank, pettifogger, petty gambler, piker, pitchman, player, plunger, punter, shark, sharp, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, slicker, speculator, spieler, sport, sporting man, sportsman, tinhorn, tipster, tout, trickster, venturer, wagerer
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