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whiz

/wiz, hwiz/US // wɪz, ʰwɪz //

咝咝声,咝咝声响,咝咝作响,呼呼

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    whizzed, whiz·zing.

    • : to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
    • : to move or rush with such a sound: The angry hornets whizzed by in a cloud.
v.有主动词 verb
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    whizzed, whiz·zing.

    • : to cause to whiz.
    • : to treat with a whizzer.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Informal. a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.: She's a whiz at math.
    • : the sound of a whizzing object.
    • : a swift movement producing such a sound.

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Examples

  • Homemade aioli requires just a few ingredients and 10 minutes of whisking — or a quick whiz in a small blender bowl — to produce a silky sauce.

  • If you’re a math whiz like us, you might notice that five years and 10 days are two different amounts of time.

  • If you’re a whiz with words and witty dialogue, then you might consider applying for a job as a writer at a studio.

  • As archetypically “presidential” as Mitt Romney seemed, his perfectly square, gee whiz speech style was part of what did him in.

  • Whole Foods actually makes money, but investors reacted to it the way gourmands do when encountering Cheez Whiz.

  • He has proven to be a computer whiz, earning the nickname “Ninja Coder.”

  • The legendary musician and a 27-year-old Israeli tech whiz bring us the remarkably interactive video for ‘Like a Rolling Stone.’

  • Statistics whiz Nate Silver brought huge traffic to the Gray Lady, and now ESPN stands to win big.

  • We lit our pipes and strolled over in silence to the men's quarters, and it was his odd Canadian expression "Gee whiz!"

  • Before they were half way up, there came the sound of another shot, but this time the whiz of no ball was heard.

  • Monday is meatless and Tuesday is dry,Wednesday is sugarless, too, gee whiz!

  • At first we merely dropped them on him, but we soon began to whiz them down with the added force of our muscles.

  • And then the wild Igazipuza war-cry rent the night, and he could hear the whiz of flying assegais past his head.