taken

FREQ #569

take的过去分词

发音

UK /ˈteɪ.kn̩/
US /ˈteɪ.kn̩/

别名

ta'en tane

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    past participle of take

adj.
  1. 1.

    Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

    He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

  2. 2.

    In a serious romantic relationship.

    非正式

    I can't ask her out, she's taken.

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词源

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.

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