wits  /w'ɪts/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  wits
  機智,智力,智慧

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, v. t.
     1. To extend by the application of force; to stretch or
        strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to
        torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the
        joints.
  
              He was racked and miserably tormented. --Pope.
  
     2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or
        anguish.
  
              Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     3. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to
        harass, or oppress by extortion.
  
              The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
              They [landlords] rack a Scripture simile beyond the
              true intent thereof.                  --Fuller.
  
              Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be
              racked even to the uttermost.         --Shak.
  
     4. (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
  
     5. (Naut.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns
        of yarn, marline, etc.
  
     {To rack one's brains} or {wits}, to exert them to the utmost
        for the purpose of accomplishing something.
  
     Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  wits
       n : the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception;
           "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my
           wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full
           possession of a lively mind" [syn: {marbles}]