whet
【考法 1】 vt. 磨快: to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (as a stone)
【例】 whetted the dagger with the grindstone 用磨石把匕首磨鋒利
【近】 edge, grind, hone, stone, strop
【反】 blunt, dull 使變鈍
whiff
【考法 1】 n. 微風: a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
【例】 A whiff of fresh air reinvigorated him. 一股清新的空氣讓他恢復了活力。
【近】 breath, puff
【反】 blast 強烈的氣流
【考法 2】 n. 細微的信號,略微痕跡: an almost imperceptible sign of something
【例】 Even a whiff of appreciation for everything I've done for her would have been nice. 她哪怕是對我為她的付出流露出一丁點的感激之情也好啊。‖Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it. (Anthony Burgess) 人性是不能改造也無發統一的,因為一致性本身帶有一點點不人道的意味。(安東尼.伯吉斯)
【近】 flicker, glimmer, suggestion, touch, trace
whimsical
【考法 1】 adj. 反復無常的: prone to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions
【例】 It's hard to make plans with such a whimsical friend. 和這樣一個反復無常的朋友做決定是很困難的。
【近】 capricious, fickle, freakish, mercurial, volatile
【反】 resolute, unwavering 堅決的
【派】 whimsicality n. 反復無常
wholesome
【考法 1】 adj. 有益身心健康的: promoting mental, moral, or social health
【例】 trying to eat a more wholesome diet 盡可能有更健康的飲食習慣
【近】 healthy, restorative, salubrious, recuperative, tonic
【反】 insalubrious, noxious, unhealthy, unwholesome 不健康的,有害的
【派】 wholesomeness n. 健康
wicked
【考法 1】 adj. 邪惡的: morally very bad
【例】 a wicked urge to steal just for the sake of stealing 純粹為了偷盜而偷盜的邪惡沖動
【近】 dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, vicious, villainous
【反】 decent, ethical, good, honest, honorable, moral, righteous, sublime, upright, virtuous 高尚的
【派】 wickedness n. 邪惡
wince
【考法 1】 vi. 畏縮: to shrink back involuntarily as from pain
【例】 winced at the horrible corpses 在令人恐懼的尸體面前畏縮
【近】 blench, cringe, quail, quiver, recoil, shrink, tremble
【反】 confront, face, meet 直面;challenge 挑戰
windbag
【考法 1】 n. 健談的人: an exhaustively talkative person
【例】 With a windbag like that, who needs a wind farm to meet our energy needs? 有了他這樣一個多話的"吹風機",誰還要風力發電廠來滿足電力需求呢?
【近】 babbler, conversationalist, gabbler, gasbag, prattler
windy
【考法 1】 adj. 冗長的: characterized by wearisome verbosity
【例】 a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners 一個啰嗦的女銷售員,一個勁地說著我們不想知道的關于吸塵器的細節
【近】 circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, prolix, rambling, verbose
【反】 compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse 簡潔的
winsome
【考法 1】 adj. 迷人的,漂亮的: generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
【例】 fascinated by her winsome smile 為她動人一笑所傾倒
【近】 adorable, charming, disarming, enchanting, endearing, sweet, winning
【反】 abhorrent, abominable, detestable, hateful, loathsome, odious 令人厭惡的
【派】 winsomeness n. 迷人
wit
【考法 1】 n. 機智,智慧: the natural ability to perceive and understand
【例】 lacked the wit to judge 缺乏判斷的智慧
【近】 astuteness, brilliance, foxiness, intelligence, keenness, perspicacity, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness
【反】 brainlessness, dullness, fatuity, lunacy, silliness 愚蠢
【考法 2】 n. 智者,有智慧的人: a person of exceptional intelligence
【例】 a man who fancied himself as a great wit 一個把自己想象成智慧的化身的男子
【近】 illuminati, pundit, sage, savant, scholar
【反】 dolt, fool, idiot, simpleton 傻子
【派】 witty adj. 有智慧的
adj. 善變的,活潑的,水銀的,[天文]水星的 n.