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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編輯動詞
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
- (請為本使用例添加中文翻譯)
- 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, 第 11 卷,第 241 頁:
- They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
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編輯參考資料
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年,OCLC 800618302