mother wit 天生的智力
mother wit[ noun ]
sound practical judgment
<noun.cognition>
Common sense is not so commonhe hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
fortunately she had the good sense to run away
Mother \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.