beguile
英語 編輯
其他形式 編輯
- begyle (自中古英語時期到16世紀)
詞源 編輯
源自中古英語 begilen、begylen,等價於be- + guile。對比中古荷蘭語 begilen (「欺騙」)。bewile的同源對似詞。
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動詞 編輯
beguile (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 beguiles,現在分詞 beguiling,一般過去時及過去分詞 beguiled)
- (及物) 欺騙,哄騙
- (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) (因快樂等)讓...過的更快 (時間)
- We beguiled the hours away
- 我們在歡樂中很快度過了好幾個小時。
- Template:RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, 卷 11,頁號 241:
- They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes.
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參考資料 編輯
- 「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, OCLC 800618302