| 单词 | wit |
| 释义 | wit I. transitive verb 1. a. archaic < little witting that so soon shadows would close in upon them — J.M.Barrie > — used in imperative to convey positive assurance < please you wit: the epitaph is … writ — Shakespeare > b. chiefly Midland < they are too bold and crafty, I wit — Horace Kephart > 2. obsolete < stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him — Exod 2:4 (Authorized Version) > intransitive verb 1. archaic < we wit well of many things that we would never prove — Adeline Whitney > 2. archaic II. 1. a. < cannot put himself inside the wit of the slow Neanderthal — Emma Hawkridge > b. < the moron who hasn't the wit to hold a job — F.L.Allen > c. obsolete < the enemy was oftener overcome … by the architect's wit — James Leoni > 2. a. < thou hast more of the wild goose in one of thy wits, than I am sure I have in my whole five — Shakespeare > b. (1) < you have lost your wit, or you would never say such a thing — Humayun Kabir > — often used in plural < scared me out of my wits — A.J.Russell > (2) < has enough shrewd wit to handle any situation — John Erskine †1951 > — often used in plural < wrested submission from nature by their determination and wits — John DeMeyer > < was at her wits' end — Edith Sitwell > 3. a. < the wit that gives sharp decisions on matters of high policy — Constance Foley > < if love is a thorn, they show no wit who foolishly hug and foster it — W.S.Gilbert > b. < skill in improvising fugues is a matter of wit and inclination rather than an exhibition of facility in execution — A.E.Wier > < poems … where an atmosphere of wit and elegance assures poignancy of meaning — R.P.Blackmur > specifically < follow the metaphysical school of writers of wit — Stephen Spender > c. (1) (2) < brevity is the soul of wit > < wit has been made a weapon of political dispute — G.F.Sensabaugh > 4. a. < nimble and versatile Athenian wits trained to preternatural acuteness by the debates of the law courts and the Assembly — G.L.Dickinson > b. Synonyms: < portrayed feminine character with an extraordinary wit and insight — John Erskine †1951 > < a speech as full of wit and brilliance as any he had ever made — Stewart Cockburn > < had a playful wit which was sometimes very biting — Gertrude Stein > humor in this comparison can signify a disposition to see the ludicrous, comical, ridiculous, or absurd or to give it expression or can apply to the expression itself, often suggesting a generalness or a greater kindliness or sympathy with human failings than does wit < a man of great humor, full of jokes and laughter > < was always saved by her crisp sense of humor, her shrewd and mischievous wit — Havelock Ellis > < parliamentary humor is not remarkable for its subtlety. It is broad rather than deep. It is humor, not wit — E.H.Collis > < the modern sense of humor is the quiet enjoyment and implicit expression of the fun of things — Louis Cazamian > < a humor that grows from a deep understanding of human foibles and fortitudes, a humor of compassionate knowledge as well as of situation — Katherine G. Jackson > irony applies chiefly to a way of speaking or writing in which the meaning intended is contrary to that expressed on the surface < beset with confusion and humiliation he said in blunt irony, “I am certainly enjoying myself” > but in a more literary or dramatic sense it implies a deeper perception of the discrepancies implicit in life and character or applies to the actual discrepancies (as between appearance and reality, what is promised and what fulfilled, what is intended and what achieved, what seemingly should be and what actually is), applying frequently to a situation in which what results is the direct, often tragic, opposite of what was desired, intended, or worked for < the dramatic irony of the play in which the hero intent upon the greatest good he knows achieves by his very pursuit of it destruction and death > < the patient had sought violent death, but, with the usual irony of life, it was the doctor whom sudden death overcame — Havelock Ellis > < the irony of Fielding's life that at the moment of his success he lost his happiness — Time > < an irony of nature that our teeth, which decay so painfully while we live, stop decaying at our death, and outlast all the rest of us — Leonard Woolley > sarcasm applies chiefly to a type of humor intended to cut or wound, often employing ridicule or bitter irony < the satire has become in some instances sarcasm — and heavy sarcasm at that — John Woodburn > satire can apply to any criticism or censure relying on exposure, often by irony and often subtle, of the ridiculous or absurd qualities of something < Jonson's drama is only incidentally satire, because it is only incidentally a criticism upon the actual world — T.S.Eliot > < satire, which holds up to ridicule conduct, beliefs, or institutions disapproved of by the author, may be seriously corrective in purpose, and in such case is intermediate between pure comedy and social drama — K.T.Rowe > < one whose conversation dealt a good deal in satire and jokes at someone else's expense > repartee, sometimes still applied to a witty or clever retort, applies chiefly to the power or the art of replying quickly and with wit, humor, or, infrequently, sarcasm < half a dozen smart repartees were possible — Aldous Huxley > < she has a clever, coherent way of making her points, and is concise in reply if questioned, quick at repartee if heckled — Rose Macaulay > Synonym: see in addition mind. |
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