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witt

UK /wɪt/US /wɪt/

词源

源自古英语 'witt', 意为智慧或理解力,与德语 'Witz'(笑话)同源。

noun

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。)

同义词:humor, cleverness, quickness

常见短语

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。)