hearken

vi. 倾听

发音

UK /ˈhɑːk(ə)n/
US /ˈhɑɹkən/
其它 /ˈhærkən/
其它 /ˈhɛːrkən/

词形变化

hearkened hearkenedst hearkeneth hearkening hearkens 三单 hearkens hearkening 现在分词 hearkened 过去式 hearkened 过去分词 hearkenest hearkenedst 过去式 hearkeneth 三单 hearkened 复数

别名

harken

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To enquire; to seek information.

    不及物 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

hark harken

上位词 1

listen

相关短语

hearken back 同 hark back （见 hark）

词源

From Middle English herkenen (“to listen (attentively); to pay attention, take heed”) [and other forms], from Old English hercnian, heorcnian, hyrcnian, from *heorcian (“to hark”) infixed with -n-, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared, hear well”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ṓws (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix), thus equivalent to hark + -en. The spelling of the English word was probably influenced by hear; a similarly analogical pronunciation existed in Early Modern English.

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