forwork

词形变化

forworked forworking forworks 三单 forworks forwrought forworking 现在分词 forworked 过去式 forworked 过去分词 forwrought 过去式 forwrought 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To obstruct; barricade; block.

    古体 及物
  3. 3.

    To do wrong to; injure; scathe.

    古体 及物
  4. 4.

    To overwork; exhaust with toil.

    古体 及物

词源

From Middle English forwirken, forwerken, forwurchen, from Old English forwyrċan (“to do wrong, sin; ruin, undo, destroy; condemn, convict, curse; forfeit; barricade, obstruct, close up”), from Proto-Germanic *frawurkijaną, equivalent to for- + work. Cognate with Dutch verwerken (“to digest, assimilate, work up, put into action”), German verwirken (“to forfeit”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawaurkjan).

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