clever
要点利口な、器用な
意味
- 利口な,頭のよい,才気のある,気のきいた
- 器用な,じょうずな(skillful)
例文
She was clever enough not to be deceived by him.
彼女は利口だったので彼にだまされなかった。
Nancy looks a fool but she's really very clever.
ナンシーは馬鹿に見えるけど、本当はすごく利口なの。
Though he's not clever, he's a diligent worker.
彼は賢くないが、勤勉に働く。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From East Anglian dialectal English cliver (“expert at seizing”), from Middle English cliver (“tenacious”). * perhaps from Old English *clifer, clibbor (“clinging”); * or perhaps from Dutch, Low German, or East/Saterland Frisian (compare kluftich (“clever, prudent”), probably derived from Proto-West Germanic *kleuban (“to cleave, split”)); * or dialectal Norwegian klover (“ready, skillful”), itself borrowed from Middle Low German klever, related to kleven (“to stick”), from Old Saxon klibōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klibēn, related to the Old English word above; * possibly influenced by Old English clifer (“claw, hand”) (compare clawian (“to claw”)). Related to cleave.