wit

[wit]

n.智力, 才智, 机智, 风趣
v.<古>知道,即

n.

1. 机智; 风趣[U]

The beggar boy lived by his wits.

乞童靠机智维生。

2. 富有机智的人; 说话风趣的人; 才子[C]

Mark Twain was a wit.

马克・吐温是一位幽默大师。

3. 智慧, 智力[U][P1]

4. 清醒的判断力, 理智[U][P1]

Keep your wits about you and swim to shore.

保持冷静, 游到岸边。

vt.

【古】知道

vi.

【古】知道

词形变化

动词过去式: wist | 动词过去分词: wist | 动词现在分词: witting | 动词第三人称单数: wot |

词义辨析

同义:

n.机智; 风趣; 智慧

humor  intelligence  understanding  sense  

同义参见:

aptitude  discernment  brain  intellect  brain  comic  salt  

反义:

n.风趣; 机智

dullness  tedium  stupidity  

英英释义

名词 wit:

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

同义词：humor, humour, witticism, wittiness

mental ability

同义词：brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

同义词：wag, card

短语词组

at one's wits' end

1. 全然不知所措

I am at my wits' end to know what to do with my son.

我真不知对我儿子该怎么办才好。

have/keep one's wits about one

1. 保持警觉

In this part of the city you have to keep your wits about you all the time.

在该城市的这一地区你一定得随时保持警觉。

live by one's wits

1. 靠施展小聪明过日子

I knew a fellow who lived for years by his wits.

我认识一个人, 好多年来他就靠施展小聪明过日子。

out of one's wits

1. 发疯

You'll drive me out of my wits if you go on behaving in this way.

你再这样下去真要把我逼疯了。

to wit

1. 即

He and all his family -- to wit, mother, father, three brothers, and one dog -- were waiting for me at the station.

他及其全家, 即母亲, 父亲, 三个兄弟, 还有一条狗, 都在车站接我。

补充

witwit英:[wit] 美:[wɪt]n.1.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。2.心智, 才智He is a boy of quick wits.他是一个机敏的孩子。

例句

1. Boulding was known for his biting wit.博尔丁爱说尖酸的俏皮话是出了名的。 2. 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。 3. The girl laughed at his wit.女孩被他的风趣逗得大笑起来。 4. He writes beautifully and with great wit.他的文章文字优美、文笔风趣。 5. the writer and celebrated wit, Ivor Goodun作家、著名的巧嘴艾弗•古登 6. 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。 7. 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。 8. No one had had the wit to bring a bottle-opener.没有人长心眼带一个开瓶器来。 9. 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。 10. he does not lack perception or native wit.他并不缺乏洞察力或颖悟力。 11. he needed all his wits to figure out the way back.他需开动脑筋想出回去之路。 12. I had the wit to realize that the only way out was up.我凭借自己的判断力认识到惟一的出路就是继续向前。 13. his caustic wit cuts through the humbug.他用讥讽风趣的话拆穿那个骗子。 14. she is such a wit.她是这么一个说话风趣的人。 15. [in combination]slow-witted.脑筋迟钝的。 16. I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of.我与你认识的那位女士说了几句话。 17. [with obj.]I wot that but too well.我并不很清楚那件事。 18. the textbooks show an irritating parochialism, to wit an almost total exclusion of papers not in English.这些教材显示了一种狭隘主义——概不收入非英语论文，真是令人气愤。 19. quick-witted才思敏捷的 20. slow-witted头脑迟钝的 21. She is full of wit and vivacity.她机智风趣而又充满活力。 22. His latest book doesn't have the same wit as his earlier books.他最新出版的书不如以前的作品那样有风趣。 23. The book is a collection of his wit and wisdom.这本书凝结了他的才思与智慧。 24. She was a famous writer and wit.她是位著名作家，妙语连珠。 25. She's got the wits [=intelligence] to make it work.她有那样的头脑，可以办到。 26. He learned to live by his wits. [=to survive by doing clever and sometimes dishonest things]他学会了靠耍小聪明混日子。 27. She can keep her wits about her [=remain calm and able to think clearly] in a crisis.在危机中她能够保持头脑清醒。 28. He needed a moment to gather/collect his wits [=to become calm and able to think clearly] after the collision.冲突过后他需要一点时间恢复理智。 29. (chiefly US) The chess champion will match wits [=compete] with a computer. = (chiefly Brit) He will pit his wits against a computer.这名国际象棋冠军将和电脑对弈。 30. She had the wit [=the good sense] to leave before the situation got any worse.在形势变糟之前她明智地离开了。 31. "I've spent six hours trying to fix my computer, but now I'm at my wit's end."我花了六个小时想要修好我的电脑，但现在我已无计可施。 32. She's at her wit's end trying to keep her brother out of trouble.她试图让弟弟摆脱困境，但一筹莫展。 33. I was scared out of my wits! [=I was very scared; I was so scared that I couldn't think clearly]我吓得魂不附体！ 34. "This can only mean two things, to wit: that he lied, or that he is wrong."这只能意味着两点，即要么他撒谎了，要么他错了。