pern

n. [鸟]蜂鹰

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其它 /pɜː(ɹ)n/

词形变化

perns 复数 perned perning perns 三单 perning 现在分词 perned 过去式 perned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.

  2. 1.

    A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.

v.
  1. 1.

    To take profit of; to make profitable.

    废旧 及物

词源

Presumably from a verb pern, a variant of preen, from Middle English prene; pernyng is read by some editors in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (v. 611) and interpreted as the present participle of this verb, also reflected dialectally as pirn (“reel; bobbin”). See also pirl.

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