wiz
wiz — noun
- wizsingular
- wizesplural
1. someone with unusually strong ability in a particular activity or subject — for
someone with unusually strong ability in a particular activity or subject — for example, a wiz at fixing old cars or a computer wiz who can write code faster than anyone on the team.
Salma is a real wiz at solving Sudoku puzzles faster than anyone in the club.
wiz + at + noun/gerund — shows the skill being referred to
The office manager asked Bao, the spreadsheet wiz, to reorganise the budget files.
noun modifier: [domain] + wiz — e.g., computer wiz, spreadsheet wiz
When the sound system failed during rehearsal, our tech wiz fixed it in ten minutes.
Tunde's grandmother is a sewing wiz who can alter any dress without using a pattern.
Marta took one look at the broken laptop and, being a computer wiz, knew exactly what to do.
- novice
someone just starting out, not yet skilled
文法句型
wiz + at + noun/gerund
用法筆記
Also spelled whizz, especially in British English. The word is informal and often used in compound nouns such as computer wiz or tech wiz. It is a shortened form of wizard but does not carry the magical meaning.