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wit
/wɪt/
wit 1
(过去式: witted; 过去完成式: witted; 现在进行式: witting)
v.t. & v.i.
To know; be aware. 知道;晓得(现祇用于 to wit 一语中)。
- We wit well of many things that we never prove. 我们知道很多我们永不能证明的事。
- to wit (法律公文用语)即。
wit 2
n.
Intellect; wisdom; sagacity. (常用复数表单数)智力;智慧;机智。
Mental faculty or power. 心智能力。
The power quickly to perceive an odd situation and to phrase it in an unexpected and amusing way. 机敏;诙谐。
A person who has this power; also, a quick or clever person. 有隽才者;机敏之人;才子。
短语:
at one's wit's end 穷于应付;不知所措。
have [keep] one's wits about one 警觉。
live by one's wits 靠小聪明混日子。
out of one's wits 失去理智。
cf.
Wit names a flashing perception of unexpected and amusing ideas or situations, expressed keenly and sometimes cuttingly. Wit 指对于想不到的及有趣的念头或情景之了悟,而能说出恰当或尖刻的妙语警句。
Humor means a tendency to see the amusing or absurd side of anything, expressing itself usually in a sympathetic and kindly way. Humor 指以同情的或仁慈的语调表达事物之有趣、荒谬的一面。
同义词:
humor.
- 英语>简体中文, 美语词典
wit¹
/wɪt/
n.
1. (wittiness) 风趣;机智
- Boulding was known for his biting wit. 博尔丁爱说尖酸的俏皮话是出了名的。
- They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit. 他们喜欢她务实的生活态度、她的热情和风趣。
- The girl laughed at his wit. 女孩被他的风趣逗得大笑起来。
with great wit 非常机智(或风趣)地
- He writes beautifully and with great wit. 他的文章文字优美、文笔风趣。
2. (witty speech or writing) 妙语
3. (witty person) 机智的人;风趣的人
- the writer and celebrated wit, Ivor Goodun 作家、著名的巧嘴艾弗•古登
- Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests. 霍姆斯爱交际, 非常风趣, 是个兴趣广泛的人。
4. (intelligence) 头脑;智慧
- The information is there to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it. 资料就在那里等着有头脑的人去获取。
to have the wit to do sth 有头脑知道该做某事
- No one had had the wit to bring a bottle-opener. 没有人长心眼带一个开瓶器来。
5. <苏格兰,英格兰北部,方> (knowledge) 信息;知识
to get wit of sth 获得…的信息(或知识)
6. <古> (mental capacity) 心智;智者
7. <废> (mind, memory) 思维;记忆
wit²
/wɪt/
vt. (wits, witting, witted)
1. 知道;了解;意识到
2. to wit<正式> 更确切地说;也就是;即
- We speak in a language they don't know: to wit, English. 我们用他们不懂的语言说话, 即英语。
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
wit1
n.(名词)
1. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence. 智力:洞察和理解的自然能力;智能
2. Often wits Keenness and quickness of perception or discernment; ingenuity: 常作 wits 机智:洞察或鉴别的敏锐与迅速;足智多谋:
- living by one's wits. 靠机智生活
3. wits Sound mental faculties; sanity: wits 健全的头脑;清醒的神志:
- scared out of my wits. 吓得我魂不附体
4. The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things: 风趣:能够用聪明且幽默的方式说出或洞察出似乎不协调或不相干的事物之间的关系的能力:
- “Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words”(&b{Dorothy Parker}) “风趣之中有真意,而说俏皮话只是玩弄文字”(多萝西·帕克)
5. One noted for this ability, especially one skilled in repartee. 富于机智的人:说话风趣的人,尤指善于机敏应答的人
6. A person of exceptional intelligence. 才子,智者:具有杰出的智力的人

习惯用语:
at (one's) wits' end
At the limit of one's mental resources; utterly at a loss. 智穷计尽;全然不知所措have (one's) wits about (one) 或
keep (one's) wits about (one)
To remain alert or calm, especially in a crisis. 警觉:保持头脑警觉或镇静,尤指在危机时刻
- 英语>简体中文, 美国传统词典
wit
n. 智力,理智;vt. 知道
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉化学大词典
wit
n.
(1) (=wite)
(2) 目击证人〔witness〕的简写
v. 知道;了解
- 英语>简体中文, 英美法词典
wit
n.
风趣, 善于说俏皮话的能力
- Our teacher is full of wit when he has a lesson. 我们的老师只要讲课就很风趣。
心智, 才智
- He is a boy of quick wits. 他是一个机敏的孩子。
- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典
wit1
(noun 名词)
风趣
a comedian’s wit. 谐角的风趣。
SYNONYM 同义词:banter, cleverness, comedy, facetiousness,humour, ingenuity, jokes, puns,quickness, quips, repartee, witticisms, wordplay.
说话有妙趣的人
She is quite a wit. 她是个风趣的人。
SYNONYM 同义词:comedian, comic, humorist, jester, joker,[informal日常用语] wag.
智力
I didn’t have the wit to understand. 我智力不足,没法理解。
SEE参阅 intelligence.
- 英语>简体中文, 英语同义词词典
wit1
to 'wit (old-fashioned,formal)
used when you are about to be more exact about sth you have just referred to 更确切地说; 即:
I told him I only spoke one foreign language, to wit French. 我告诉他我只会说一门外语, 那就是法语。
英语>简体中文, 英语习语词典
wit1
vt., vi.
[一般现在时第一、三人称单数 wot [wCt]; 过去式及过去分词 wist [wist]; 现在分词 witting ][古]知道
- to wit (=namely, that is to say) 即, 也就是说
- He wist out. 他不知道。
英语>简体中文, 现代英汉综合大辞典
wit
n 智力;智者
【類】volatile:temper=ready:wit多變的情緒=敏捷的才智
【反】dullard(n 愚人)
英语>繁体中文, GRE词汇精选
wit
/wɪt/
(wits)
1. 不可数名词 Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. 风趣; 机智
- Boulding was known for his biting wit. 博尔丁以其嘲讽式的风趣而出名。
2. 单数型名词 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. 才智
- The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it. 信息是现成的,等着有头脑的人去获取和利用。
3. 复数型名词 You can refer to your ability to think quickly and effectively in a difficult situation as your wits. 机智
- She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today. 她用她的机智攀升到今天的这个位置。
4. 复数型名词 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. 神志 [强调]
- You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident. 你把我们吓坏了。我们听说你出事了。
5. 副词 that is to say; namely (used to introduce statements, as in legal documents) 即; 也就是说
英语>简体中文, 高级英汉双解词典