单词 | wise woman |
释义 | wise1 /wīz/adjective
Knowing the ways of, as in streetwise, worldly-wise ORIGIN: OE wīs; Ger Weise; from root of wit2 wiseˈ-like (or (Scot) /wīsˈlīk/) adjective
wiseˈling noun (old) Someone who pretends to be wise wiseˈly adverb wiseˈness noun wiseˈcrack noun A pungent retort or comment, a gibe or joke intransitive verb To make wisecracks wiseˈcracker noun wiseˈcracking adjective Making, or addicted to making, wisecracks wise guy noun
wiseˈ-heartˈed adjective
wise man noun
wise woman noun
be (or get) wise to (informal) To be or become aware of never, no, none (or not much or not any) the wiser Still in ignorance put someone wise (esp US informal) To put someone in possession of essential information, make someone aware (with to) the Wise Men (of the East), the Three Wise Men The three Magi (in some traditions kings) who according to St Matthew's Gospel came to worship the baby Jesus at Bethlehem the wiser for Having learnt sense from (some salutary experience) wise after the event Only too aware of how something could have been avoided, done better, etc, when it has already occurred wise up (slang) To make or become aware, informed, etc |
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