bedrive

词形变化

bedriven bedrives 三单 bedrives bedriving bedrove bedriving 现在分词 bedrove 过去式 bedriven 过去式 bedriven 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To effect; do; commit; perpetrate; experience.

    古体 及物

词源

From Middle English bidriven, from Old English bedrīfan (“to drive; beat; strike; assail; follow up; pursue; surround; cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidrīban, equivalent to be- + drive. Cognate with Dutch bedrijven (“to commit, perpetrate”), German betreiben (“to operate, conduct, pursue”), Swedish bedriva (“to manage, carry on, prosecute”).

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