outwit

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /aʊtˈwɪt/    美 /aʊtˈwɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits. transitive
    — But my dear Lady Teazle 'tis your own fault if you suffer it—when a Husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his Wife and withdraws his confidence from her—the original compact is broke and she owes it to the Honour of her sex to endeavour to outwit him—

词形变化

outwits present,singular,third-person outwitting participle,present outwitted participle,past outwitted past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English wit
English outwit
From out- + wit.
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