mother wit
天生的智力
Moth·er, a. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.
It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold.
Mother cell Biol., a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell.
Mother church, the original church; a church from which other churches have sprung; as, the mother church of a diocese.
Mother country, the country of one's parents or ancestors; the country from which the people of a colony derive their origin.
Mother liquor Chem., the impure or complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed.
Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother.
Mother tongue. (a) A language from which another language has had its origin. (b) The language of one's native land; native tongue.
Mother water. See Mother liquor (above).
Mother wit, natural or native wit or intelligence.
mother wit
n : sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it
now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green
apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
[syn: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse
sense, sense]