wiz

IPA/wɪz/
KK[wˈɪz]IPA/wɪz/

wiz — noun

  • wizsingular
  • wizesplural

1. someone with unusually strong ability in a particular activity or subject — for

1.名詞B1
釋義

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.

例句

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

同義詞
  • expert

    more formal and general; no magical connotation

  • genius

    stronger — suggests exceptional natural talent rather than learned skill

  • ace

    also informal, common in sports and gaming contexts

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

She is a wiz at the computer' (when meaning she is good at using computers).
She is a computer wiz.
💡the natural pattern is compound noun (tech wiz, math wiz) or wiz + at + skill.