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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动词[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, 卷 11，页号 241:
- They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes.
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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, OCLC 800618302