errand

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n. 任务, 差使, 使命

发音

US /ˈɛɹənd/

词形变化

errands 复数 errands erranded erranding errands 三单 erranding 现在分词 erranded 过去式 erranded 过去分词

别名

arrand

教材释义与例句

名词

使命；差事；差使

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.

    A mission or quest.

    使命

    任务

    差使

    古体 文学
  2. 2.

    A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.

    A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)

    The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.

    I'm going to town on some errands.

  3. 3.

    The purpose of such a journey.

    任务

  4. 4.

    An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

v.
  1. 1.

    To send someone on an errand.

    及物

    All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.

  2. 2.

    To go on an errand.

    不及物

    She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

trip

相关短语

errand boy n. 供差遣的僮仆 errand boys (errand-boy 的复数) n. 供差遣的僮仆 errand ghost errand ghosts errand-ghost fool's errand n. 徒劳无功的工作 lost errand make an errand 找借口外出,特地跑一段路程 run an errand runs an errand running an errand ran an errand sleeveless errand idiot's errand makes an errand

词源

From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).

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