loath

FREQ #48466

a. 不情愿的, 厌恶的

发音

UK /ləʊθ/
AU
US /loʊθ/

词形变化

loaths 三单 loaths loathed loathing 现在分词 loathing loathed 过去式 loathed 过去分词 loather 比较级 loathest loathest 最高级

别名

loth loathed loathe

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of loathe.

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.

    I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.

  2. 2.

    Angry, hostile.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Loathsome, unpleasant.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

reluctant indisposed averse loth antipathetic antipathetical

近义相关 2

unwilling disinclined

词源

From Middle English lōth (“loath; averse, hateful”), from Old English lāð, lāþ (“evil; loathsome”), or Old Norse leið, leiðr (“uncomfortable; tired”) from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“loath; hostile; sad, sorry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt- (“to do something abhorrent or hateful”). The word is cognate with Danish led (“disgusting, loathsome; nasty”), Dutch leed (“sad; (Belgium) angry”), French laid (“ugly; morally corrupt”), Catalan lleig (“ugly”), Icelandic leiður (“annoyed, vexed; sad; (archaic or poetic) annoying, wearisome”), Italian laido (“filthy, foul; obscene”), Old Frisian leed, Old High German leid (Middle High German leit, modern German leid (“uncomfortable”), Leid (“grief, sorrow, woe; affliction, suffering; harm, injury; wrong”)), Old Saxon lêð, lēth (“evil person or thing”), Swedish led (“bored; tired; (archaic) disgusting, loathsome; evil”).

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