| 中文翻译与英英解释|  | 天生的智慧;常识。 
 |  |  |  |  | mother:    n. 醋母(= mother of vinegar); ... |  |  | wit:    vi.,vt. (wist ) 〔古语〕知道。 to w ... |  |  | 
 |  | sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn''t got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" 同义词:common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense,
 
 
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 例句与用法|  | 1. | What a fella needs is mother wit and a horse hair 只要一点点智慧和一根马鬃就行
 
 
 |  |  | 2. | Ingenuity in varying tactics depends on mother wit 运用之妙,存乎一心。
 
 
 |  |  | 3. | How much more profitable for the independent mind , after the mere rudiments of education , to range through a library at random , taking down books as the mother wit suggests 受过初步的基础教育之后,对于愿意独立思考的人来说,在图书馆里信手取下一本书来,根据个人的天赋随意涉猎,这该是最大的好处了
 
 
 |  |  | 4. | They are rougher in manner and more difficult to polish ; but they are full of shrewdness and mother wit , and possessed of great strength of character , of which , indeed , their remarkable guttural speech is but a type 他们行为粗俗,很难教诲,但是精明强干,富有智慧,拥有坚强性格,这一点从他们善于用喉咙深处发声可见一斑。
 
 
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