trow

v. 相信, 想

发音

US /tɹoʊ/
/tɹaʊ/
UK /tɹəʊ/

词形变化

trows 复数 trowed trowest trowing trows 三单 trowing 现在分词 trowed 过去式 trowed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Trust or faith.

    古体 方言 不可数
  2. 1.

    Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods.

    可数 过时 航海 交通 不可数
  3. 1.

    Alternative form of drow.

    过时 宗教 神话 哲学
  4. 1.

    Used chiefly in the expression drop trow.

    过时 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To trust or believe.

    古体 方言

    ...Sure (he said) my wife shall never know Of this escape, and if she do, I know the worst I trow She can but chide, shall feare of chiding make me to forslow?

  2. 2.

    To have confidence in, or to give credence to.

    古体 方言

相关短语

drop trow drops trow dropping trow dropped trow drop trou

词源

From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”). Akin to Scots trow, trew (“to believe, trust, confide in, prove”), Dutch trouwen (“to wed, marry”), German trauen (“to trust, marry”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish tro (“to believe, think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tru (“to believe, think”), Icelandic trúa (“to trust, believe, believe in”).

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