am

A1 CET-4 高中 FREQ #130

（用于第一人称单数现在时）

发音

US /əm/
其它 /ɛm/

别名

yam

教材释义与例句

动词

（用于第一人称单数现在时）

the first person singular of the present tense of the verb be

动词

（与v-ing连用构成现在进行时，与v-ed连用构成被动语态）

You have made me what I am.

你使我成了我现在这个样子。

I cannot express to you how grateful I am.

我无法向你表达我是多么感激。

I fear I am late.

我恐怕要迟到了。

释义与例句

v. A1
  1. 1.

    first-person singular present indicative of be

    Marsha, I am in the kitchen!

adv. A1
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of a.m..

contr.
  1. 1.

    Contraction of I + am.

    方言 非正式

词汇关系

副词

同义词 2

a.m. ante meridiem

相关短语

AM pop am I right or am I right am I right am I under arrest 我被逮捕了吗？ am ha'aretz Am Yisrael Chai 以色列民长存 be there be called 被叫做…；被称为… be born 出生于…; 落地; 诞; 下生 what am I, chopped liver Frankfurt am Main I know you are but what am I I am what I am I am English 我是英格兰人

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Germanic *immi Proto-West Germanic *im Old English eom Middle English am English am From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“to be, to exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”).

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