last

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #173 ★★☆☆☆

a. 最后的, 末尾的, 最近的 vi. 持续, 支持, 维持 vt. 使维持, 够...用 adv. 最后, 后来 n. 最后, 末尾, 鞋楦头

发音

UK /lɑːst/
US /læst/
US
CA /last/
其它 /last/
SCOT /ɫast/

词形变化

lasts 复数 lasten 复数 lasts 三单 lasting 现在分词 lasted 过去式 lasted 过去分词

别名

laste

教材释义与例句

形容词

最后的;最近的,最新的;仅剩的;最不可能…的

The last event, person, thing, or period of time is the most recent one

副词

最后地;上次,最近;最后一点

most recently before now

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.

  2. 1.

    A burden; load; a cargo; freight.

    废旧
  3. 2.

    A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.

    废旧
  4. 3.

    An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.

    废旧

    1942 (1601), T D Mutch, The First Discovery of Australia, page 14, The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten.

  5. 4.

    A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.

v. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To endure, continue over time.

    延续

    持续

    不及物

    Summer seems to last longer each year.

    They seem happy now, but that won't last long.

  2. 2.

    To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.

    不及物

    I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.

  3. 3.

    To purposefully refrain from orgasm

    不及物 俚语
  4. 4.

    To perform, carry out.

    废旧 及物
  5. 1.

    To shape (an item of footwear such as a boot or shoe) during its manufacture or repair while it is placed on a last (noun etymology 3, noun sense 1).

    及物

    to last a boot

adj.
  1. 1.

    Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

    最后

    最终

    Will try to fix it by myself for now: as a last resort, we can always take it to a grease monkey.

    Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick.

  2. 2.

    Most recent, latest, last so far.

    最近的

    上个

    The last time I saw him, he was married.

    I have received your note dated the 17th last, and am responding to say that[…]

  3. 3.

    Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.

    He is the last person to be accused of theft.

    The last person I want to meet is Helen.

    More rain is the last thing we need right now.

  4. 4.

    Being the only one remaining of its class.

    Japan is the last empire.

  5. 5.

    Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

  6. 6.

    Lowest in rank or degree.

    Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher.

adv. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Most recently.

    When we last met, he was based in Toronto.

  2. 2.

    after everything else; finally

    最后

    最终

    As I arrived last of all, I'll go last to add the butter last.

    last but not least

det. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The (one) immediately before the present.

    We went there last year.

    I was last to go; you're next.

  2. 2.

    Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.

    It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago.

    When you say last Monday, do you mean the Monday just gone, or the one before that?

    Where my brother had stood last night, I now stood.

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词源

The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch leest * German Leisten * Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”) * Swedish läst

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