wit n. 1.智慧;理智,理解。 2.〔常 pl.〕機(jī)智,才智;妙語,打趣的話;(健全的)頭腦。 3.頭腦敏捷[清楚]的人,富有機(jī)智的人。 4.〔古語〕圣賢。 conversation full of wit 充滿機(jī)智的談話。 Brevity is the soul of wit. 簡(jiǎn)潔是智慧的靈魂。 a nimble wit 一個(gè)機(jī)敏的才子。 the university wits 〔英國〕大學(xué)派〔伊麗莎白時(shí)代大學(xué)出身的一派劇作家〕。 at one's wit's [wits'] end 智窮才盡;毫無辦法,不知所措。 have not the wit(s) to 沒有…的才能。 have [keep] one's wits about one 頭腦冷靜;保持警惕。 have quick [slow] wits 機(jī)敏[遲鈍]。 in (one's right) wits 神志清醒。 live by one's wits 靠小聰明東拼西湊地過日子。 out of one's wits 神經(jīng)錯(cuò)亂。 the five wits 〔古語〕五官。 vi.,vt. (wist ) 〔古語〕知道。 to wit 即,也就是說 (= namely, that is to say)。
What a fella needs is mother wit and a horse hair 只要一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)智慧和一根馬鬃就行
Ingenuity in varying tactics depends on mother wit 運(yùn)用之妙,存乎一心。
How much more profitable for the independent mind , after the mere rudiments of education , to range through a library at random , taking down books as the mother wit suggests 受過初步的基礎(chǔ)教育之后,對(duì)于愿意獨(dú)立思考的人來說,在圖書館里信手取下一本書來,根據(jù)個(gè)人的天賦隨意涉獵,這該是最大的好處了
They are rougher in manner and more difficult to polish ; but they are full of shrewdness and mother wit , and possessed of great strength of character , of which , indeed , their remarkable guttural speech is but a type 他們行為粗俗,很難教誨,但是精明強(qiáng)干,富有智慧,擁有堅(jiān)強(qiáng)性格,這一點(diǎn)從他們善于用喉嚨深處發(fā)聲可見一斑。
英文解釋
sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn''t got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" 同義詞:common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense,