gander

FREQ #23288

n. 雄鹅, 笨人, 呆子

发音

UK /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/
US /ˈɡæn.dɚ/

词形变化

ganderer ganders 复数 ganders gandered gandering ganders 三单 gandering 现在分词 gandered 过去式 gandered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A male goose.

    雄鹅

  2. 2.

    A fool, simpleton.

  3. 3.

    A glance, look.

    非正式

    Have a gander at what he’s written.

    I took a gander and she seemed so familiar.

  4. 4.

    A man living apart from his wife.

    美国
v.
  1. 1.

    to ramble, wander

    方言 不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

goose

相关短语

gander party gander parties gander month gander months take a gander 看一看 what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander what's good for the goose is good for the gander taken a gander takes a gander taking a gander took a gander

词源

From Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). The meaning "a look" is derived from the image of craning one's neck like a goose. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gander (“gander”), Low German Gander, Ganner (“gander”), dialectal German Gandert (“gander”), German Ganter (“gander”), Norwegian gasse (“gander”), Icelandic gassi (“gander”). Compare also Lithuanian gañdras (“stork”). Related to goose, gannet.

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