whit
/hwɪt/noun
in sing.
- a very small part or amount一点点, 丝毫:
the last whit of warmth was drawn off by the setting sun.
夕阳带走了最后一丝温暖。
短语
every whit
- wholly完完整整地, 整个地:
my mother was fond of her and I shall be every whit as fond.
过去我母亲喜欢她, 我也会完完全全像母亲一样喜欢她。
not(或 never)a whit
- not at all一点也不, 丝毫不:
Sara had not changed a whit.
莎拉丝毫没变。
词源
late Middle English: apparently an alteration of obsolete wight 'small amount'.