oker

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词形变化

okers 复数 okered okering okers 三单 okering 现在分词 okered 过去式 okered 过去分词

别名

ocker occur ockar okir okkir

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Interest on money; usury; increase.

    方言
  2. 1.

    Obsolete form of ochre.

    可数 废旧 不可数 化学 地质
  3. 1.

    Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To increase (in price); add to.

    方言 及物

词源

From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.

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