fortread

词形变化

fortreads 三单 fortreading 现在分词 fortrod 过去式 fortrodden 过去式 fortrodden 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.

    废旧 及物

词源

From Middle English fortreden, from Old English fortredan (“to tread down, trample on”), from Proto-Germanic *fratredaną, *fratrudaną (“to trample”), equivalent to for- + tread. Compare Saterland Frisian fertreede, Dutch vertreden (“to trample”), German Low German vertreden, German vertreten ("to represent"; < Old High German firtretan (“to trample”)).

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