swot
verb[I]
UKinformalorchild'sworduk/swɒt/us/swɑːt/-tt-tostudyhard, usually byreadingabout orlearningsomething,especiallybefore taking anexam
(尤指在考试前)刻苦学习,用功复习Synonyms
cram(LEARN)
review(STUDY)US
revise(STUDY)UK
study(LEARN)
Learning & knowing
- absorptive capacity
- academy
- acquire
- acquisition
- assimilate
- autodidact
- extension
- familiar
- journey
- non-academic
- non-library
- onboard
- onboarding
- outlearn
- sit
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unlearnable
- unteachable
- upskill
Phrasal verb
swot up(something)
swot
noun[C]
UKinformalorchild'sworduk/swɒt/us/swɑːt/plural-tt-someone, usually achild, whostudiesvery hard
书呆子(通常指小孩)Compare
wonkUSinformal
Intelligent people
- academic
- bluestocking
- bookish
- bookworm
- bright spark
- cerebral
- clever
- gnome
- intellectual
- laureate
- mage
- mind
- not be just a pretty faceidiom
- sage
- scholar
- smart cookie
- smart-arse
- superintellectual
- the intelligentsia
- wit