wit
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [w?t]
- 美式音標(biāo) [w?t]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 智慧；才智；智力
- n. (Wit)人名；(泰)威；(英、德、波)威特
- v. 知道；即
詞源解說
- 直接源自古英語的wit，意爲(wèi)知曉。
詞根記憶
- 運用才智(wit)取勝(win)
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- witty：詼諧的；富於機智的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- wittily：機智地；俏皮地。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- wittiness：機智。
英英字典
- (HUMOUR) the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way
- (INTELLIGENCE) intelligence and the ability to think quickly
- Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.
- If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation.
- You can refer to your ability to think quickly and effectively in a difficult situation as your wits.
- You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much.
- that is to say namely (used to introduce statements, as in legal documents)
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專業(yè)釋義
- 智力