| 释义 |
wist
I.
past of wit
II. \ˈwist\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin wista, probably from Old English wist food, sustenance; akin to Old High German wist food, sustenance, Old Norse vist
: an old Sussex unit of land area estimated as equal to 16 or 18 acres or in Anglo-Saxon times to 60 acres
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by wist) (I) of wis
archaic : know
< it … took at last a certain shape I wist — S.T.Coleridge > |