befind

词形变化

befinding befinds 三单 befinds befound befinding 现在分词 befound 过去式 befound 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To find; discover.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To invent; contrive.

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To be found; be.

    废旧

词源

From Middle English befinden, bifinden, equivalent to be- + find. Cognate with Saterland Frisian befiende (“to be located, befind”), Dutch bevinden (“to find”), German befinden (“to be, be located”), Swedish befinna (“to find, be”).

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