Pert

(a.) Open; evident; apert.

(a.) Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.

(a.) Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.

(v. i.) To behave with pertness.

校对:马蒂

• When George was more than usually pert and conceited, the Major made jokes at him, which Mrs. Osborne thought very cruel. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• With your pert tongue you would try the patience of a Job. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• An odious, little, pert, unnatural, impudent girl. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• And serves you right, said Jane, the pert chambermaid, if you will take their money to get drunk on. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It was that made me angry: and so pert: and so unkind: and so ungrateful. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A pert crooked little chit, Mr Headstone! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

校对:斯坦顿