costen

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发音

/ˈkɒ.sən/

词形变化

costening costens 三单 costening 现在分词 costened 过去式 costened 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To try; tempt.

    废旧 及物

词源

From Middle English costnien, from Old English costnian, subsidiary form of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). More at choose.

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