thew

n. 肌(肉), 体力, 精神(或道德)力量

发音

UK /θjuː/
其它
US /θ(j)u/

词形变化

thews 复数 thews thewed thewing thews 三单 thewing 现在分词 thewed 过去式 thewed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An attractive physical attribute; also, physical, mental, or moral strength or vigour.

    古体 比喻
  2. 2.

    An aspect of the body which indicates physical strength; hence, muscle and/or sinew; muscular development.

    古体 比喻
  3. 3.

    A way of behaving; hence, a characteristic, a trait.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A good characteristic or habit; a virtue.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To instruct (someone) in morals or values; also (more generally) to chastise or discipline (someone); to teach or train (someone).

    废旧 及物

词源

From Middle English theu, thew (“way of behaving towards others, bearing, manners; habit, practice; good manners, courtesy; characteristic act; characteristic, trait; custom, tradition; established rule, ordinance; injunction; moral character; (in the plural) set of moral principles, morals; moral quality, virtue or vice; might, power, strength”) [and other forms] (often in the plural form theus, thewes), from Old English þēaw (“general practice of a community, custom, usage; mode of conduct, behaviour, manner; (in the plural) customs, virtue”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *þauw, from Proto-Germanic *þawwaz (“custom; habit”); further etymology uncertain, tentatively identified by the Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (Etymological Dictionary of Old High German) as a reflex of an s-less variant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)tāu-, *(s)te- (“to stand; to place”), from *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”). Cognates * Old Frisian thāw * Old High German dau, thau (“coercion; discipline; tuition”) * Old Saxon thau (“custom, usage; habit”)

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