knead

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vt. 揉, 按摩, 捏 [机] 揉合

发音

UK /niːd/
UK /nɛd/
US /niːd/
US /nɛd/
其它 /knɛːd/

词形变化

kneads 复数 kneads 三单 kneading 现在分词 kneaded 过去式 kneaded 过去分词 kneaden 过去式 kneaden 过去分词 knodden 过去式 knodden 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of kneading something.

v.
  1. 1.

    To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

    搓揉

    及物
  2. 2.

    To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

    比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

    踩奶

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

    及物
  5. 1.

    simple past and past participle of knead

    废旧

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”).

来源:wiktionary