gooden

[人名] [英格兰人姓氏] 古登绰号，来源于常用中世纪英语问候用语，含义是“晚上好”(good evening)

词形变化

goodens 三单 goodening 现在分词 goodened 过去式 goodened 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make good; improve; better; perfect.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To become good.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To grow; improve; prosper.

    英国 方言 不及物
  4. 1.

    To perambulate, usually town to town, collecting alms, gifts, or small gratuities before Christmas-time, usually on St. Thomas's Day.

    方言 不及物

词源

From good + -en. Compare Middle English goden, godien (“to make good, become good, endow with goods”), from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”). More at good.

来源：wiktionary