whiz

名词 n. 动词 v. 介词 prep.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above). US,countable,uncountable
    — Immediately there was a ringing and a singing in the hills, and then a whispering and a lisping and a whiz and a buzz all about him, for the little people were now some whirling round and round in the dance, and others sporting and tumbling about in the moonshine, and playing a thousand merry pranks and tricks.
  2. Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. US,countable,informal,uncountable
    — He's a whiz with the computers.
  3. An act of urination. US,countable,especially,slang,uncountable
    — I have to take a whiz.
  4. Amphetamine. UK,US,slang,uncountable
    — And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz
  5. Pickpocketing. UK,US,countable,slang,uncountable
    — This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […]
动词 v.
  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air. US
  2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound. US
  3. To throw or spin rapidly. US
    — I whizzed the ball past the catcher.
  4. To urinate. US,slang,vulgar
    — We whizzed in the bushes.
介词 prep.
  1. Pronunciation spelling of with. US,alt-of,pronunciation-spelling,slang

词形变化

whizzes present,singular,third-person whizzing participle,present whizzed participle,past whizzed past whizz alternative,UK wiz alternative wizz alternative whizzes plural whizz alternative,UK wiz alternative wizz alternative

词源

词源 1
Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss.
In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard. In the sense “remarkably skilled person”, it may also simply a misspelling of its shortened form wiz, or it may be a shortening of whiz kid, which may have a different origin, perhaps whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable”, attested from 1908, or the interjection (as in whizz-bang or gee whiz).
In fact, whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable” may be derived from whizz-bang in the sense of “conspicuously talented”, and in military slang whizz-bang (or whizbang) can mean “an exceptionally skilful person” (attested in 1916 and later), which whiz in the same sense seems to be a shortening of (whence presumably also whiz kid).
词源 2
See with.
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