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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.]
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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}.]
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1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.]
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She was fallen asleep a little wight. --Chaucer.
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2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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Every wight that hath discretion. --Chaucer.
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Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. --Milton.
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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]
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'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. --Chaucer.
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He was so wimble and so wight. --Spenser.
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They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. --Emerson.
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