Wend
[wend] or [wɛnd]
解釋/意思:
(-) p. p. of Wene.
(v. i.) To go; to pass; to betake one's self.
(v. i.) To turn round.
(v. t.) To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.
(n.) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
校對:米利森特
解釋/意思:
n. the name given by the Germans to a branch of the Slavs which as early as the 6th century occupied the north and east of Germany from the Elbe along the coast of the Baltic to the Vistula and as far south as Bohemia: one of the Slavic population of Lusatia who still speak the Wendish tongue.—adjs. Wen′dic Wen′dish.
v.i. to go: to wind or turn.
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例句/造句/用法:
- And thou, Waldemar, wilt thou take lance and shield, and lay down thy policies, and wend along with me, and share the fate which God sends us? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But, the fierce figures were steadily wending East, West, North, and South, be that as it would; and whosoever hung, fire burned. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- A melancholy procession was wending its way by the light of the lantern from the hut towards Blooms-End. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- We entered the wood, and wended homeward. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- One large division of Germans, instead of going to the Holy Land, attacked and subjugated the still pagan Wends east of the Elbe. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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