forworth

词形变化

forworths 三单 forworthing 现在分词 forworthed 过去式 forword 过去式 forworthed 过去分词 forword 过去分词 forworthen 过去式 forworthen 过去分词 forworden 过去式 forworden 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To perish, forfare; come to nought or ruin; go wrong.

    苏格兰 不及物 废旧 罕用
  2. 2.

    To degenerate (into); become (something inferior); come to.

    苏格兰 不及物 废旧 罕用

词源

From Middle English forworthen, from Old English forweorþan (“to perish, pass away, vanish; deteriorate, sicken”), from Proto-Germanic *frawerþaną (“to perish, come to ruin”), equivalent to for- (“away, wrongly, badly”) + worth (“to turn into, become”). Cognate with Dutch verworden.

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