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wight 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪt] n. 人类;人 人类;人 wight n 1: a human being; ` wight' is an archaic term [ synonym: { creature}, { wight}] 2: an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel [ synonym: { Wight}, { Isle of Wight}] Wight \ Wight\, n. Weight. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Wight \ Wight\, n. [ OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. v[ ae] tt? a wight, v[ ae] tt? a whit, Goth. wa[' i] hts, wa[' i] ht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. ?. Cf. { Whit}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] She was fallen asleep a little wight. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A supernatural being. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. " Worst of all wightes." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Every wight that hath discretion. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Wight \ Wight\, a. [ OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[ imac] gr in fighting condition, neut. v[ imac] gh ??? v[ imac] g war, akin to AS. w[ imac] g See { Vanquish}.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [ Obs. or Poetic] [ 1913 Webster] ' T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] He was so wimble and so wight. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. -- Emerson. [ 1913 Webster]
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