tocleave

词形变化

tocleaves 三单 tocleaving tocleaving 现在分词 toclove 过去式 tocleft 过去式 tocleaved 过去式 tocloven 过去式 tocloven 过去分词 tocleft 过去分词 tocleaved 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To divide; split open; cleave asunder.

    方言 废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To split apart; break.

    方言 不及物 废旧

词源

From Middle English tocleven, from Old English tōclēofan (“to split apart, cleave asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną (“to split apart”), equivalent to to- + cleave (“to split”). Cognate with Old High German zechluiban (“to split apart, cleave asunder”).

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