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源自古英语 'witt', 意为智慧或理解力,与德语 'Witz'(笑话)同源。
❶ 指机智、风趣或幽默的言辞或行为,常用来形容一个人反应敏捷、善于用幽默化解尴尬或表达观点。
“Her quick witt made everyone at the party laugh.”
(她机智的幽默感让派对上的每个人都笑了。)
“He responded with his usual witt, turning the awkward situation into a joke.”
(他以一贯的机智回应,把尴尬的局面变成了一个笑话。)
at one's witt's end — 形容一个人因为问题或困境而感到极度困惑或无助,不知道该怎么办。
“After hours of trying to fix the computer, I was at my witt's end.”
(花了几个小时试图修电脑后,我彻底束手无策了。)