wiz
wiz — 名詞
- wizsingular
- wizesplural
1. someone with unusually strong ability in a particular activity or subject — for
高手;達人
在某方面技藝超群的人
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.
Salma 是解數獨謎題的高手,速度比社團裡任何人都快。
wiz + at + noun/gerund — shows the skill being referred to
The office manager asked Bao, the spreadsheet wiz, to reorganise the budget files.
辦公室主管請試算表達人 Bao 重新整理預算檔案。
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.
排練時音響系統突然故障,我們的技術達人十分鐘內就修好了。
Tunde's grandmother is a sewing wiz who can alter any dress without using a pattern.
Tunde 的祖母是縫紉高手,不用紙型就能修改任何一件衣服。
Marta took one look at the broken laptop and, being a computer wiz, knew exactly what to do.
Marta 看了一眼那台故障的筆電,身為電腦達人的她立刻知道該怎麼處理。
- 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.