swain

FREQ #15361

n. 乡村青年；情郎；求爱者

发音

其它 /sweɪn/

词形变化

swains 复数 swains

别名

swaine swein

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A young man or boy in service; a servant.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A knight's servant; an attendant.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.

    古体
  4. 4.

    A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

    诗歌

    You're the belle of the ball, and these are all your swains, hoping for a glimpse of ankle.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

boyfriend fellow beau

上位词 2

man lover

相关短语

Swain County

词源

From Middle English swayn, swain, sweyn, swein, from Old English sweġen (attested also as personal name Swein, Sweġen), from Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself; separate; apart”), thus properly one's own. Cognate with Danish svend (“hireling, young man”), Norwegian svein (“lad, young man, servant”) Icelandic sveinn (“boy, lad, servant”), Swedish sven (“swain, servant”), Low German Sween, dialectal German Schwein, Old English swān (“swineherd, lad”).

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