tiver

发音

UK /ˈtɪvə/

词形变化

tivered tivering tivers 三单 tivers tivering 现在分词 tivered 过去式 tivered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

v.
  1. 1.

    To mark with tiver, as sheep.

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词源

From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).

来源：wiktionary