n.
- 機智；風趣[U]
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The beggar boy lived by his
wits.
乞童靠機智維生。
- 富有機智的人；說話風趣的人；才子[C]
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Mark Twain was a
wit.
馬克‧吐溫是一位幽默大師。
- 智慧，智力[U][P1]
- 清醒的判斷力，理智[U][P1]
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Keep your
wits about you and swim to shore.
保持冷靜，游到岸邊。
vt.
- 【古】知道
vi.
- 【古】知道
片語
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.
我真不知對我兒子該怎麼辦才好。
have/keep one's wits about one
- 保持警覺
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In this part of the city you have to
keep your wits about you all the time.
在該城市的這一地區你一定得隨時保持警覺。
live by one's wits
- 靠施展小聰明過日子
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I knew a fellow who
lived for years
by his wits.
我認識一個人，好多年來他就靠施展小聰明過日子。
out of one's wits
- 發瘋
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You'll drive me
out of my wits if you go on behaving in this way.
你再這樣下去真要把我逼瘋了。
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，即母親、父親、三個兄弟，還有一條狗，都在車站接我。
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.
