wit

[wit]

n.智力, 才智, 机智, 风趣
v.知道,即

例句与用法：

I like his serious style leavened with wit.

我喜欢他的带点诙谐的严肃文体。

He hadn't the wit to say no.

他笨得连说一句拒绝的话都不会说。

Oscar Wilde was a famous wit.

奥斯卡·王尔德是个著名的风趣的人。

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 |

详细释义：

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

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。