steven

FREQ #2943

n. 史蒂文（男子名）

发音

其它 /ˈstiːvən/

词形变化

stevens 复数

别名

steaven stevvon

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Voice, especially when loud or strong.

    苏格兰

    1566, William Addlington, translator, The Golden Asse, Apuleius […] whereby the little birds weening that the spring time had bin come, did chirp and sing in their steven melodiously […]

    When Little John heard his master speake, / Well knew he it was his steven.

    Then could her Sangsters loud their steven raise.

    All nature roar'd in one dire steven; Heaven cried to earth, and earth to heaven.

    He […] lifted up his steven To keep the bulwarks of his faith secure.

  2. 2.

    A request, petition, prayer, or command.

    废旧

    To thee, lady, y make my moon; I praie thee heere my steuen.

  3. 1.

    A time, occasion.

    废旧

    And that same nyght that the steavyn was sette betwyxte Segwarydes wyff and Sir Trystrames, so Kynge Marke armed and made hym redy ….

相关短语

Steven Cay even steven

词源

From Middle English steven (“voice, command, constitution”), from Old English stefn (“voice”), from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic *stebnō (“voice”), earlier *stemnā, derived from Proto-Indo-European *stómn̥ (“mouth, muzzle; (originally) hole?”). Cognate with Old Frisian stifne, stemme (“voice”), Old Saxon stemna (“voice”), Dutch stem, Old High German stimma, stimna (“voice”) (German Stimme), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰 (stibna, “voice”), and more distantly Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 (staman, “maw”), and possibly Hittite 𒅖𒋫𒈪𒈾𒀸 (iš-ta-mi-na-aš /stāminas/, “ear”). See also stevvon. Displaced by voice.

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