mind, intellect, intelligence, brains, wit, wisdom

名詞 wit:

1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
   同義詞：humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
2. mental ability
   同義詞：brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality
3. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
   同義詞：wag, card

1. I like his serious style leavened with wit.
   我喜歡他的帶點詼諧的嚴(yán)肅文體。
2. He hadn't the wit to say no.
   他笨得連說一句拒絕的話都不會說。
3. Oscar Wilde was a famous wit.
   奧斯卡·王爾德是個著名的風(fēng)趣的人。

wit

n.（名詞）
The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence.
智力：洞察和理解的自然能力；智能

Often wits Keenness and quickness of perception or discernment; ingenuity:
常作 wits 機智：洞察或鑒別的敏銳與迅速；足智多謀：
例句：
living by one`s wits.
靠機智生活

wits Sound mental faculties; sanity:
wits 健全的頭腦；清醒的神志：
例句：
scared out of my wits.
嚇得我魂不附體

The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things:
風(fēng)趣：能夠用聰明且幽默的方式說出或洞察出似乎不協(xié)調(diào)或不相干的事物之間的關(guān)系的能力：
例句：
.Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.(Dorothy Parker)
.風(fēng)趣之中有真意，而說俏皮話只是玩弄文字.(多蘿西·帕克)

One noted for this ability, especially one skilled in repartee.
富于機智的人：說話風(fēng)趣的人，尤指善于機敏應(yīng)答的人
A person of exceptional intelligence.
才子，智者：具有杰出的智力的人

<習(xí)慣用語>at (one`s) wits` end
At the limit of one`s mental resources; utterly at a loss.
智窮計盡；全然不知所措
have (one`s) wits about (one) 或
keep (one`s) wits about (one)
To remain alert or calm, especially in a crisis.
警覺：保持頭腦警覺或鎮(zhèn)靜，尤指在危機時刻
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English * see weid-
源自 古英語 *參見 weid-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>wit,humor,repartee,sarcasm,ironyThese nouns are compared as they denote forms of expression that elicit amusement or laughter.
這些名詞在這里表示能引人興味和發(fā)笑的表達(dá)方式的意思時是可被比較的。
Wit implies intellectual keenness and the ability to perceive and express in a diverting, often pointed way analogies between essentially dissimilar things;humor, on the other hand, suggests the faculty of recognizing what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd and using it as the basis for expression:
Wit 暗指學(xué)術(shù)上的敏銳，和能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)基本上不相似的事物之間的對比且能用一種令人發(fā)笑且通常尖銳的方式表達(dá)的能力；另一方面humor 暗指能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)令人發(fā)笑，喜劇化的、不協(xié)調(diào)的或荒謬的東西且能把它當(dāng)作表達(dá)基礎(chǔ)的能力：
例句：
.Humor is, as it were, the growth of nature and accident;wit is the product of art and fancy. (William Hazlitt).
.幽默象從前一樣是自然和意外的產(chǎn)物；風(fēng)趣是藝術(shù)和想象力的產(chǎn)物. （威廉·黑茲利特）。

Repartee implies a facility for answering swiftly and cleverly:
Repartee 暗指機敏地快速應(yīng)答的能力：
例句：
.framing comments . . . that would be sure to sting and yet leave no opening for repartee. (H.G. Wells).
.一定會刺傷人但又使反駁的機會消失的框架評論. (H.G.威爾斯）。

Sarcasm is a form of caustic wit intended to wound or ridicule another:
Sarcasm 是一種為了傷害或取笑另一個人的刻薄的風(fēng)趣：
例句：
.Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which reason I have, long since, as good as renounced it. (Thomas Carlyle).
.現(xiàn)在我開始認(rèn)識到諷剌在總體上是魔鬼的語言；因此很久已來我已不用它了. （托馬斯·卡萊爾）。

Irony is a form of expression in which an intended meaning is the opposite of the literal meaning of the words used:
Irony 是一種用相反的字面意義表達(dá)所要達(dá)到的意義的形式：
例句：
.A drayman in a passion [a rage] calls out, ‘You are a pretty fellow,’ without suspecting that he is uttering irony. (Macaulay).See also Synonyms at mind
.激動［生氣］ 的卡車司機叫道，‘你真是個好家伙，’表達(dá)的意思無疑是反語. （麥考利）參見同義詞 mind


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v.（動詞）
wist[wst] wit.ting[wt.ng] wot第一和第三人稱單數(shù)現(xiàn)在時[wôt] 【古語】
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To be or become aware of; learn.
知道：知道，認(rèn)識到；得知
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To know.
知道

<習(xí)慣用語>to wit
That is to say; namely.
也就是說；就是
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English witan * see weid-
源自 古英語 witan *參見 weid-