wit

wit /wit/
  • danh từ
    • trí, trí thông minh, trí sáng suốt, trí tuệ, trí khôn
      • not to have the wit(s) to: không đủ trí thông minh để
      • at one's wit's end: hết lý, hết phưng, hoàn toàn không biết nghĩ thế nào
      • out of one's wits: điên, mất trí khôn; thần hồn nát thần tính, quá sợ
      • to collect one's wits: bình tĩnh lại, trấn tĩnh lại
      • to keep (have) one's wits about one: tinh mắt, sáng suốt; kịp thời
    • (số nhiều) mưu kế
      • to live by one's wits: dùng tài xoay để sống, xoay xở để sống từng bữa
    • sự hóm hỉnh, sự dí dỏm
    • người hóm hỉnh, người dí dỏm
    • động từ
      • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) biết
      • to wit
        • nghĩa là, tức là

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    wit

    Từ điển Collocation

    wit noun

    1 clever use of words

    ADJ. great | quick, ready | acerbic, barbed, biting, caustic, dry, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, sharp, wicked | gentle | dazzling, sparkling

    VERB + WIT have He had a dry wit.

    PHRASES wit and wisdom a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics

    2 intelligence

    ADJ. native She had to use all her native wit to convince the police.

    VERB + WIT have I hope he's got the wit to take the key with him.

    PHRASES beyond the wit of man (= impossible) It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute

    3 wits: ability to think quickly

    VERB + WIT gather, recover She couldn't seem to gather her wits and tell us what had happened. | blunt, dull Living alone in the country had dulled his wits. | sharpen

    PHRASES a battle of wits The strike developed into a battle of wits between management and workers. | have/keep your wits about you They do tough interviews so you'll need to have your wits about you. | pit your wits against sb Celebrity teams pit their wits against each other in this lively quiz show.


    Từ điển WordNet


    English Slang Dictionary

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    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    wits
    syn.: humor intelligence sense understanding

    ant.: stupidity