Old English wiht "living being, creature, person; something, anything," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Saxon wiht "thing, demon," Dutch wicht "a little child," Old High German wiht "thing, creature, demon," German Wicht "creature, little child," Old Norse vettr "thing, creature," Swedish vätte "spirit of the earth, gnome," Gothic waihts "something"), from PIE *wekti- "thing, creature" (source also of Old Church Slavonic vešti "a thing"). Not related to the Isle of Wight, which is from Latin Vectis (c. 150), originally Celtic, possibly meaning "place of the division."
雙語例句
1. After much cogitation, we decided to move to the Isle of Wight.
經過慎重考慮後，我們決定搬到懷特島去。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She sought the advice of their old friend from Isle of Wight days , John Stebbings.
她征求了在懷特島時認識的老朋友約翰·斯特賓斯的意見.
來自辭典例句
3. Thomas Arnold , English educationalist , was born on the Isle of Wight.
英國教育家 托馬斯·諾德 生於懷特島.
來自互聯網
4. In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear.
在懷特島上, 隻要不是太貴.
來自互聯網
5. Horses would not have been lacking in the Isle of Wight.