wits 的定义
- the ability to reason and act, esp quickly
- right mind, sanity
- at one's wits' end at a loss to know how to proceed
- five wits obsolete the five senses or mental faculties
- live by one's wits to gain a livelihood by craftiness and cunning rather than by hard work
wits 近义词
humor
person who is very funny
更多wits例句
- Far less appreciated, Houston, rather than being a southern city of duller wits, actually ranks second in engineers per capita.
- And when rappers battle one another with their wits and words, it is similar to the bam-pow!
- She is routinely dismissed by Madrid wits as “a Danish tart.”
- But rather than scare people out of their wits, they served as a moment of much-needed comic relief for many.
- As a result, Tallulah found herself hailed as one of the wits of Manhattan, and she worked hard to make sure the reputation stuck.
- In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.
- In spite of her sharpened wits, Mrs. Kaye smiled radiantly into Isabel's guileless eyes.
- In a party of wits an argument took place as to the definition of a reasonable animal.
- And indeed for most young men a college thesis is but an exercise for sharpening the wits, rarely dangerous in its later effects.
- Matt, getting quick control of his wits, had been running his eyes over the roadster.