| 释义 |
witness /witˈnis/ noun- Someone who sees or has personal knowledge of an event, etc
- Someone who gives evidence
- Someone whose signature confirms the genuineness of a document, or of a signature already added
- A remnant of original surface or scribed line, left during machining or hand-working to prove that a minimum quantity of material has been removed or an outline accurately preserved (engineering)
- (something that is) proof or evidence of anything
- Knowledge brought in proof
- Testimony of a fact
transitive verb- To have direct knowledge of
- (loosely) to see
- (of a place or period) to be the scene or setting of
- (of a person) to live through
- To give testimony to
- To attest
- To act as legal witness of
- To sign, to add one's signature in confirmation of the genuineness of (a document, another's signature, etc)
- To show
- To evince (archaic)
intransitive verb- To give evidence
- (with to) to confirm, attest to
ORIGIN: OE (ge)witnes, from (ge)wit; see wit1 witˈnesser noun witness box or (US) witness stand noun The enclosure in which a witness stands when giving evidence in a court of law bear witness To give or be evidence (esp with to) with a witness (Shakespeare) With a vengeance witness (such and such) Let (such and such) serve as evidence |