foe

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n. 仇敌, 反对者, 敌人, 对手

发音

UK /fəʊ/
US /foʊ/

词形变化

foes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An enemy.

  2. 1.

    A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Hostile.

    废旧

    he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King […].

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

enemy opposition

反义词 1

friend

上位词 10

competition opponent rival challenger competitor adversary contender antagonist opposer resister

下位词 2

besieger foeman

整体词 1

enemy

相关短语

identification friend or foe

词源

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier yfoh, yvo, ifa (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (“evil”)).

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