wit
音标发音
- 英式音标 [wɪt]
- 美式音标 [wɪt]
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基本解释
- n. 智慧;才智;智力
- n. (Wit)人名;(泰)威;(英、德、波)威特
- v. 知道;即
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的wit,意为知晓。
词根记忆
- 运用才智(wit)取胜(win)
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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专业释义
- 智力