geld

n. 税, 贡赋, 支付款 vt. 去势, 阉割, 剥夺

发音

其它 /ɡɛld/

词形变化

gelds 复数 gelds 三单 gelding 现在分词 gelded 过去式 gelded 过去分词 gelt 过去式 gelt 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Money.

    A payment.

    古体 可数 方言 历史 不可数
  2. 2.

    Money.

    In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.

    古体 可数 方言 历史 不可数
  3. 1.

    A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant.

v.
  1. 1.

    To tax geld.

    历史
  2. 1.

    To castrate a male (usually an animal).

    及物
  3. 2.

    To suppress or severely reduce sexual desire or libido.

    比喻 及物
  4. 3.

    To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.

    比喻 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

cut

上位词 4

castrate demasculinise demasculinize emasculate

词源

From Middle English geld and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, ġield (“payment, tribute”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Probably reinforced by gelt (which see), see Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”), Danish gæld (“debt”). Geld is also written gelt or gild, and as such found in wergild, Danegeld, etc. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian jild (“money”), Saterland Frisian Jield, Jäild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, “tribute”). Also related to English yield.

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