| 正面 | 2995.witness 英 ['wɪtnɪs]美 ['wɪtnəs]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1、gest- "behave, act" + -ure.2、字面含义：action, behavior. => posture, manner of carrying the body, action undertaken in good will to express feeling.n. 证人；目击者；证据vt. 目击；证明；为…作证vi. 作证人n. (Witness)人名；(津)威特尼斯 例句： 1. His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath.他的女朋友进入证人席并立了誓。 witness 见证wit,看，-ness,名词后缀。引申词义见证。 witnesswitness: [OE] Witness originally meant ‘knowledge’ or ‘wisdom’; it was simply an abstract noun formed from wit. This was extended via ‘knowledge gained by observation’ to ‘testimony’ in the Old English period, and by the beginning of the Middle English period ‘person who gives testimony’ was well established.=> witwitness (n.)Old English witnes "attestation of fact, event, etc., from personal knowledge;" also "one who so testifies;" originally "knowledge, wit," formed from wit (n.) + -ness. Christian use (late 14c.) is as a literal translation of Greek martys (see martyr). Witness stand is recorded from 1853.witness (v.)c. 1300, "bear testimony," from witness (n.). Meaning "affix one's signature to (a document) to establish its identity" is from early 14c. Meaning "see or know by personal presence, observe" is from 1580s. Related: Witnessed; witnessing." |