gnast

词形变化

gnasts 复数 gnasts gnasted gnasting gnasts 三单 gnasting 现在分词 gnasted 过去式 gnasted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A spark; a dying or dead spark, as of a snuffed candle.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To gnash.

    及物/不及物 废旧

词源

From Middle English gnast, knast, from Old English *gnāst (“spark”) (attested in fȳrgnāst (“spark of fire”)), from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”). Cognate with German dialectal Ganster (“spark”), Danish gnist (“spark, sparkle”), Swedish gnista (“spark”), Icelandic gneisti, neisti (“spark”), German Gneis (“spark, gneiss”) (whence English gneiss).

来源：wiktionary