n.
- 机智；风趣[U]
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The beggar boy lived by his
wits.
乞童靠机智维生。
- 富有机智的人；说话风趣的人；才子[C]
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Mark Twain was a
wit.
马克·吐温是一位幽默大师。
- 智慧，智力[U][P1]
- 清醒的判断力，理智[U][P1]
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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
at one's wits' end
- 全然不知所措
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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
- 保持警觉
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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
- 靠施展小聪明过日子
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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
- 发疯
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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
- 即
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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。
辨析
wit1
n.
-
(also wits)
the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence.
- a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour.
- a witty person.
Phrase
- be at one's wits' end
be completely at a loss as to what to do. - be frightened
(or scared)
out of one's wits
be extremely frightened. - gather
(or collect)
one's wits
allow oneself to think calmly and clearly in a demanding situation. - have
(or keep)
one's wits about one
be constantly alert. - live by one's wits
earn money by clever and sometimes dishonest means, having no regular employment.
Derivative
Etymology
OE wit(t), gewit(t), denoting the mind as the seat of consciousness, of Gmc origin; rel. to wit2.
wit2
v.
(wot, witting; past and past part. wist)
- archaic know.
-
(to wit)
that is to say.
Etymology
OE witan, of Gmc origin.
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