vail

FREQ #28302

vi. 降下；脱帽；有利

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其它 /veɪl/

词形变化

vails 复数 vails 三单 vailing 现在分词 vailed 过去式 vailed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Profit; return; proceeds.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

    废旧
  3. 1.

    Submission.

    废旧
  4. 1.

    Archaic form of veil.

    古体
  5. 2.

    Misspelling of veil.

v.
  1. 1.

    To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.

    废旧 及物

    Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle,

  2. 2.

    To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.

    不及物 废旧 航海 交通
  4. 4.

    To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.

    废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

    不及物 废旧

    1692, Robert South, Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions, Boston: Bowles & Dearborn, 1827, Discourse 5, p. 370, Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbour’s necessity.

  6. 1.

    Archaic form of veil.

    古体
  7. 2.

    Misspelling of veil.

词源

From Middle English vayle, from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valeō (“to be worth”).

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