frist

[人名] 弗里斯特

发音

其它 /fɹɪst/

词形变化

frists 复数 frists fristed fristing frists 三单 fristing 现在分词 fristed 过去式 fristed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A certain space or period of time; respite.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  2. 2.

    Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.

    英国 可数 方言 不可数

    His was a short frist (He had a short life).

  3. 3.

    Credit; trust.

    英国 可数 方言 不可数

    Sald tham to fryst to a man of the Hag, […] Sold them to frist to a man of The Hague, […]

    Ane dyvour coffe, that wirry hen, / Distroyis the honor of our natioun, / Takis gudis to frist fra fremmit men, / And brekis his obligatioun. One bankrupt rouge , that wirry hen, / destroys the honor of our nation / takes goods to frist from fremd men, / and breaks his obligation.

v.
  1. 1.

    To grant respite; especially, to give a debtor credit or time for payment.

    英国 方言
  2. 2.

    To defer; postpone.

    英国 及物/不及物 方言

词源

From Middle English *frist, frest, first, furst, from Old English fierst (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *fristiz, *frestą (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also first.

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