dole

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n. 救济品, 失业救济金 vt. 发放救济

发音

UK /dəʊl/
其它 /dɒl/
UK /dɒʊl/
US /dol/

词形变化

doles 复数 doled doles 三单 doles doling doling 现在分词 doled 过去式 doled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Money or other goods given as charity.

  2. 2.

    Distribution; dealing; apportionment.

  3. 3.

    Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.

    非正式

    I get my dole paid twice a week.

    I've been on the dole for two years now.

  4. 4.

    A boundary; a landmark.

  5. 5.

    A void space left in tillage.

    方言
  6. 1.

    A sorrow or grief; dolour.

    古体 不可数
  7. 2.

    Dolus.

    苏格兰 不可数 法律
  8. 1.

    Alternative form of dhole (“Asian wild dog”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

pogey pogy

上位词 7

part share welfare portion percentage public assistance social welfare

相关短语

dole out 少量地发放（食物、救济金等） dole bludger dole bludgers dole meadow dole meadows dole queue dole queues dole merchant dole merchants dole head dole heads dole bread dole breads Dole effect Dole effects

词源

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal.

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