ween

vt. 料想, 以为

发音

US /wiːn/

词形变化

weens 复数 weens 三单 weening 现在分词 weened 过去式 wende 过去式 wente 过去式 weened 过去分词 wende 过去分词 wente 过去分词 wend 过去式 wend 过去分词 went 过去式 went 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Doubt; conjecture.

    废旧
  2. 1.

    wiener dog, dachshund

    俚语
  3. 1.

    penis

    俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.

    古体

    And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not ween that there be scant 10000.

    And right as Arthur was on horseback there came a damosel from Morgan le Fay, and brought unto Sir Arthur a sword like unto Excalibur, and the scabbard, and said unto Arthur, Morgan le Fay sendeth here your sword for great love. And he thanked her, and weened it had been so, but she was false, for the sword and the scabbard were counterfeit, and brittle, and false.

  2. 2.

    To expect, hope or wish.

    过时
  3. 1.

    To weep or cry.

    苏格兰 罕用

    The boy's mother weened day and night.

  4. 2.

    To lament.

    废旧
  5. 1.

    Misspelling of wean.

词源

From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz, *wēnǭ (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”).

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