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单词 wit
释义
wit
noun
uk
/wɪt/us
/wɪt/

witnoun(HUMOUR)

C1[SorU]
theabilityto use words in acleverandhumorousway:
（说话的）幽默风趣
a woman ofgreatintelligenceand wit非常聪明且说话风趣的女人
Herconversationsparkledwith her ownsubtleblendof wit andcharm.她的谈话透着她特有的难以言传的风趣与魅力。
He wasknownfor hisdry/ready/sharpwit.他以冷峻／机敏／机智的幽默而闻名。
See also
witticism
[C]
apersonwho isskilledat using words in acleverandhumorousway:
说话风趣的人
Sydney Smith, anotablewit,onceremarkedthat he neverreadabookbefore hereviewedit because it mightprejudicehisopinionof it.悉尼‧史密斯，一个风趣出了名的家伙，曾说过他从来不在评论一部书之前去读它，因为这样会让他对这部书产生偏见。
More examples
  • He's notknownfor hiscoruscatingwit.
  • She had alaconicwit.
  • Hisfriendspraisedhisgenerosity, wit andlearning.
  • This is amusicalwithpolishand wit.
  • He wascharming, with areadywit .
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
  • amusingly
  • barrel
  • blackly
  • bone dryidiom
  • bring
  • broadness
  • facetious
  • hilarious
  • jocular
  • joker
  • jokester
  • non-serious
  • photobomb
  • photobombing
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • rib-tickling
  • ridiculous
  • uproarious
  • wag
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Intelligent people

witnoun(INTELLIGENCE)

wits[plural]
intelligenceand theabilitytothinkquickly:
机智；头脑
Shelearnedtosurviveon her wits.她学会了靠自己的头脑生存。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Intelligence
  • acuity
  • acumen
  • agility
  • apt
  • aptness
  • brain
  • grey matter
  • gumption
  • highbrow
  • horse sense
  • imaginative
  • perceptive
  • percipient
  • perspicacious
  • perspicacity
  • presence of mind
  • profundity
  • quick-witted
  • ready
  • subtlety
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Idioms

be at your wits' end
frighten/scaresomeoneout oftheirwits
gatheryourwits
have/keep (all)yourwits aboutyou
not be beyond the wit of man/someone
to wit
(Definition ofwitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wit| American Dictionary

wit
noun[C/U]
us
/wɪt/
theabilityto use words in anamusingandintelligentway, or apersonwho has thisability:
[U]Thewarmthand wit of herliterarystylebringthesubjecttolife.
(Definition ofwitfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwit

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Throughout the sequence, experiments like these develop tonal contours to parallel thewit, doubt, active desire, and spiritual growth in the themes.
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Thus, it is superiority inwitthat allows the trickster to gain the upper hand.
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Proverbs are applied with precision, often with creativity andwit.
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And what is said is characterized by linguistic acumen andwit.
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Consequently, various forms of memory, sagacity, orwitwere highly developed, whereas these bumps typical of vanity and passion for glory were extremely small.
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One could think of other words, like lungs or wits.
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Towit: the cause of the order of the matter is its form, since each element's particular place is determined by its form.
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The samewitevident in their name informed the menus specially designed for the inaugural dinner.
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But we do need to think more carefully about theory, and we need to be prepared to keep our critical and historical wits sharpened.
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This is a book in which playfulness andwitinterlock with, rather than adorn or relieve, probing analysis and humane seriousness.
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Hiswit, recall for the mot juste, the appropriate data set, names and references continued to sparkle undiminished.
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They reflect the author's considerable expertise and are thoughtful, well written, and not lacking inwit.
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His fieldnotes and letters back home were always filled with poignant observations, goodwit, and honest introspection.
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However, the opacity of the connection betweenwitand -ness presumably makes this word effectively monomorphemic.
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But the spirit world was notoriously the realm of popular enthusiasm or of patricianwitand satire.
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