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单词 lightning-witted
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lightning-witted
a. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has (a) —— with the speed of lightning; having (a) very quick ——’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in lightning-footed, lightning-witted, etc.
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1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xxx, in Steps to Temple 61 The nimblest of the lightning-winged Loves.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. viii. 247 Mars, the lightning-footed.
1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love (1972) iv. ii. 166 The manipulative deftness of the conjurer, pokerfaced and lightning-fingered.
2013 Booklist 15 Sept. 33/2 Fearless, caustic, lightning-witted Maxine..instigates some of the funniest banter ever scripted.
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