beguile
英语
编辑其他形式
编辑- begyle (自中古英语时期到16世纪)
词源
编辑源自中古英语 begilen、begylen,等价于be- + guile。对比中古荷兰语 begilen (“欺骗”)。bewile 的同源对似词。
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编辑beguile (第三人称单数简单现在时 beguiles,现在分词 beguiling,一般过去时及过去分词 beguiled)
- (及物) 欺骗,哄骗
- (及物) 吸引,迷住,使...陶醉
- 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
- I will never touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles
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- 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- (及物) (因快乐等)让...过的更快 (时间)
- We beguiled the hours away
- 我们在欢乐中很快度过了好几个小时。
- Template:RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, 第 11 卷,第 241 页:
- They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes.
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编辑参考资料
编辑- “beguile”,The Century Dictionary […],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,OCLC 867766587
- “beguile”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302