WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
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n. 鹽;風(fēng)趣;機(jī)智，諷刺;藥用鹽，瀉鹽;
vt. 撒鹽;用鹽漬;加鹽以調(diào)味;為…增加趣味;
adj. 含鹽的;有咸味的;鹽漬的;
?? salt(salt)→鹽；食鹽；提神物；刺激；咸的；食鹽的；加鹽；用鹽腌
"He employs an irreverent humour to salt his observation."
他運(yùn)用玩世不恭的幽默使他的評(píng)論更加有趣.
近義：pepper, season, spice, brighten, enliven, flavor
反義：unsalt, desalinate, desalinize
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發(fā)達(dá)的;
n. 知識(shí)分子;腦力勞動(dòng)者;有極高智力的人;憑理智（而非感情）辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國(guó)人把牛津視為知識(shí)分子的樂園。
近義：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 美國(guó)人;美洲人; 美國(guó)英語;
adj. 美國(guó)的 ;美洲的;地道美國(guó)式的;
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整潔體面的典型美國(guó)男孩
近義：us
humorist
['hju:m?rist]
n. 幽默作家;富于幽默感的人;談吐詼諧者;滑稽演員;
"He was also a famous humorist, a spinner of yarns."
他又是著名的幽默家和講故事的好手.
近義：parodist
n. 贓物；戰(zhàn)利品（spoil的復(fù)數(shù)）
近義：leavings, spoilage, threshings, wreckage, remains, debris