wit

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n. 机智, 智力, 头脑, 理智, 妙语, 机智的人

发音

US /wɪt/

词形变化

wits 复数 wits wist wistest witted witteth witting wot wist 过去式 wost wottest wistest 过去式 wot 三单 wist 复数 witting 现在分词 wist 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

智慧；才智；智力

动词

<古>知道；即

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Sanity.

    可数 不可数

    He's gone completely out of his wits.

  2. 2.

    The senses.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

    可数 不可数

    Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.

  4. 4.

    The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

    可数 不可数

    My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.

  5. 5.

    Intelligence; common sense.

    可数 不可数

    The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!

  6. 6.

    Humour, especially when clever or quick.

    可数 不可数

    The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.

  7. 7.

    A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

    可数 不可数

    Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?

v.
  1. 1.

    To know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).

    及物/不及物

    You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.

    They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.

prep.
  1. 1.

    Pronunciation spelling of with.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

brain card humor humour mentality wag brainpower witticism wittiness

上位词 7

message intelligence content substance humorist subject matter humourist

下位词 10

play fun laugh joke bite sport sketch irony gag cartoon

相关短语

wit tooth wit teeth wit woo to wit 那就是说,即 staircase wit mother wit 天生的智力 native wit brevity is the soul of wit 言以简为贵

词源

From Middle English wit, from Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch wit (“knowledge”), German Witz (“joke; wit, humour”), Danish vid (“wit”), Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish vett (“wit”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), Latin vīdī (“see (pf.)”), Bulgarian вям (vjam, “to know”), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”), Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge, wisdom”). Compare wise.

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