dave

FREQ #1832

n. 戴夫（男子名）

发音

US

词形变化

daved daves 三单 daving daving 现在分词 daved 过去式 daved 过去分词

别名

daive deave deve

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

    英国 方言 及物

相关短语

Dave Spart Dave Sparts Dad and Dave

词源

From Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), from Old English dēafian (“to wax or become deaf”) and Old Norse deyfa (“to make deaf, make blunt, numb, soothe, allay”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian døyva (“to deafen, make dull”).

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