单词 | witness |
释义 | Word Frequency witness(ˈwɪtnɪs) noun 1. a person who has seen or can give first-hand evidence of some event 2. a person or thing giving or serving as evidence 3. a person who testifies, esp in a court of law, to events or facts within his or her own knowledge 4. a person who attests to the genuineness of a document, signature, etc, by adding his or her own signature 5. bear witness verb 6. (transitive) to see, be present at, or know at first hand 7. to give or serve as evidence (of) 8. (transitive) to be the scene or setting of this field has witnessed a battle 9. (intransitive) to testify, esp in a court of law, to events within one's own knowledge 10. (transitive) to attest to the genuineness of (a document, signature, etc) by adding one's own signature Derived forms witnessable (ˈwitnessable) adjective witnesser (ˈwitnesser) noun Word origin Old English witnes (meaning both testimony and witness), from witan to know, wit2 + -ness; related to Old Norse vitni |
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