gainset

词形变化

gainsets 三单 gainsets gainsetting gainsetting 现在分词

别名

gain-set gaynset

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To set over against; oppose.

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词源

From Middle English gaynsetten, yensetten (also aȝeynesetten (“to oppose”)), equivalent to gain- + set. Cognate with archaic German gegensetzen (“to oppose”) (whence entgegensetzen), German Gegensatz (“opposition”).

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