were

A1 FREQ #89

be的过去式

发音

其它 /wə(ɹ)/
US /wə(ɹ)/
US /wə(ɹ)/
SCOT /wɛr/

词形变化

weres 复数

别名

wair ware wer weren't weare

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of wer (“man; wergeld”).

    1799-1805, Sharon Turner, History of the Anglo-Saxons Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were.

  2. 1.

    The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.

    俚语
v. A1
  1. 1.

    second-person singular simple past indicative of be

    John, you were the only person to see him.

  2. 2.

    plural simple past indicative of be

    We were about to leave.

    Mary and John, you were right.

    They were a fine group.

    They were to be the best of friends from that day on.

  3. 3.

    simple subjunctive of be

    I wish that it were Sunday.

    I wish that I were with you.

    Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...) Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...)

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries A long shot, it may be, at immortality, but longer ones have hit; or Guido Fawkes, William Tell, and Samuel Pepys were forgotten now.

  4. 4.

    first/third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

    爱尔兰 多元文化伦敦英语

相关短语

as it were 可以说是, 似乎就是 were you born in a tent were wolf were wolves were gild were gilds were it not for were with be there be called 被叫做…；被称为… be born 出生于…; 落地; 诞; 下生 be with 支持,同意;被…雇用,在…工作 if it were not for 要不是

词源

Inherited from Middle English were, wer, see wer.

来源：wiktionary