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单词 interpret
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interpretn.

Etymology: < Latin interpret-em, or French interprète (14th cent. in Littré).
Obsolete. rare.
An interpreter.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter
latimerc1275
dragoman13..
meanera1387
interpretator?a1475
truchman1485
spokesman1519
interpreter1531
interpret1584
decipherer1587
trenchman1632
linguistera1649
terjiman1682
renderera1691
dubash1698
reader1763
exegesist1831
hermeneutist1836
exegetes1846
elicitor1848
beach-man1867
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. E The heauenly Poets..Dame Naturs trunchmen, heauens interprets trewe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

interpretv.

Brit. /ɪnˈtəːprᵻt/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtərprət/
Forms: Middle English–1600s interprete, (Middle English interpritt), 1500s Scottish interpreit, ( enterprit), (1600s enterpret), 1500s– interpret. Past participle interpreted; also Middle English interpred, 1500s interpret.
Etymology: < French interpréter (13th cent. in Littré), or immediately < Latin interpretārī to explain, expound, translate, understand, also in passive sense, to be explained, mean, < interpres, interpret-em an agent, explainer, expounder, translator, dragoman, < inter between + root corresponding to Sanskrit prath- to spread abroad.
1.
a. transitive. To expound the meaning of (something abstruse or mysterious); to render (words, writings, an author, etc.) clear or explicit; to elucidate; to explain. †Formerly, also, To translate (now only contextually, as included in the general sense).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]
arecchec885
unloukOE
overrunOE
sutelec1000
trahtnec1000
unfolda1050
belayc1175
openc1175
onopena1200
accountc1300
undo?a1366
remenea1382
interpret1382
unwrap1387
exploitc1390
enlumine1393
declarec1400
expoundc1400
unplait?c1400
enperc1420
planea1425
clearc1440
exponec1440
to lay outc1440
to give (also carry) lightc1449
unwind1482
expose1483
reducea1500
manifest1530
explicate1531
explaina1535
unlock?1536
dilucidate1538
elucidate1538
illustrate1538
rechec1540
explicate1543
illucidate1545
enucleate1548
unsnarl1555
commonstrate1563
to lay forth1577
straighten1577
unbroid1577
untwist1577
decipherc1586
illuminate1586
enlighten1587
resolvec1592
cipher1594
eliquidate1596
to take (a person) with one1599
rivelc1600
ravel1604
unbowel1606
unmist1611
extricate1614
unbolta1616
untanglea1616
enode1623
unperplexa1631
perspicuate1634
explata1637
unravel1637
esclarea1639
clarify1642
unweave1642
detenebrate1646
dismystery1652
undecipher1654
unfork1654
unparadox1654
reflect1655
enodate1656
unmysterya1661
liquidatea1670
recognize1676
to clear upa1691
to throw sidelight on1726
to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731
eclaircise1754
irradiate1864
unbraid1880
predigest1905
to get (something) straight1920
disambiguate1960
demystify1963
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)]
setc888
wendeOE
turnc1175
writec1275
drawa1325
translatea1375
expound1377
takea1382
interpret1382
transpose1390
remue?a1400
renderc1400
put?a1425
to draw outa1450
reducec1450
compile1483
redige?1517
make1529
traducea1533
traduct1534
converta1538
do1561
to set out1597
transcribe1639
throw1652
metaphrase1868
versionize1874
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Dan. v. 16 I herde of thee, that thou mayst interprete derke thingis, and vnbynde bounden thingis.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. i. 23 His name shal be clepid Emanuel, that is interpretid, or expounid, God with us.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 295 b/1 Leuy is interpred assumpte or applyed or putte to.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ix. Prol. 74 My lewitnes..Schup to enterprit..Thys maist renovnit prince of poetry.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 81 Quhilk words ye kirk hes so diligentlie interpret.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 242 We returned againe to him, with our Muccaro to interpret our words.
1734 W. Whiston Six Diss. i. 57 According to his usual Way of interpreting Authors, not to the Words but to the Sense.
a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) ii. 76 Be it enough for the geologist rightly to interpret the record of creation.
1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. i. 119 The law interprets..his wishes with regard to the disposal of his property.
b. To make out the meaning of, explain to oneself.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (transitive)]
unloukOE
areadOE
spele?c1225
inredec1315
expounda1340
construe1399
interpretate1517
explain1538
scan1562
disentraverse1610
unspherea1616
explicate1628
spell1635
disenvelop1741
extract1775
interpret1795
clarify1823
read1847
to read between the lines1866
1795 W. Cowper Pairing Time 6 The child who knows no better, Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 27 That her knowledge of the youth of nineteen might help her little in interpreting the man of thirty-four.
1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 294 It is a final fact of our nature that we must interpret the phenomena of human life.
c. To bring out the meaning of (a dramatic or musical composition, a landscape, etc.) by artistic representation or performance; to give one's own interpretation of; to render.
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > express or represent
catch1658
sport1693
interpret1880
capture1901
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [verb (transitive)] > play with specific types of expression
slur1746
staccato1814
attack1818
phrase1866
interpret1880
1880 Athenæum 25 Dec. 876/1 The two female characters..were interpreted with striking success.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. ii. xii. 346 She was playing Wagner, Brahms, and Rubinstein, interpreting all those passionate voices of the subtlest moderns.
d. To obtain significant information from (a photograph), used esp. of aerial photographs taken for military purposes.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > viewing of photographs > view photographs [verb (transitive)] > interpret aerial photographs
interpret1950
1950 A. Lee Soviet Air Force vii. 154 Photographs, developed in mobile front-line vans, were interpreted and the main points signalled..to army and corps headquarters.
1958 C. B. Smith Evidence in Camera i. 21 Although the art of interpreting air photographs had been developed quite a long way in the First World War, in the summer of 1939 there was precisely one experienced interpreter.
2.
a. To give a particular explanation of; to expound or take in a specified manner. Also, To construe (motives, actions, etc.) favourably or adversely. (In quot. 1710, To attribute to.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > interpret in particular way [verb (transitive)]
understandc1000
interpretc1380
construea1400
construec1465
to make (a) construction1528
expound1533
confera1555
reada1556
decipher1569
resemble1592
intellect1599
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 206 As princes of prestis, and Phariseis joyned wiþ hem, wolen interprete Goddis lawe, aff hem shal it be taken.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ivv To make false relacion, ne to interprete euyl my worde.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 14 Interpreit my intentione fauorablye.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 89 King of Moab, who being besieged..sacrificed his eldest sonne: which yet some interprete of the eldest sonne of the King of Idumæa.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 291 As thou wouldest be well interpreted by others, interpret others well.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiii. 124 No Commission that can be given them, can be interpreted for a Declaration [etc.].
1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 164 The difficulty of Access was often interpreted to what she was not at all guilty of, Pride.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 457 Commonly interpreted of those of Alexandria.
1758 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. (1800) II. 227 This transaction was interpreted into a bribe.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 393 Each of them perhaps interpreted their engagements by their own wishes or interests.
b. To render, explain, or translate by a specified term. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 13 No person..being a common Baker, Brewer..shall be interpreted or expounded handicrafts men.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence iii. 80 Friga is also interpreted for Venus.
1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus 29 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. All the sorts of their Mala, which we interpret Apples.
3. absol. or intransitive. To make an explanation; to give an exposition; spec. to act as an interpreter or dragoman. †Formerly, also, in general sense, To translate.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (intransitive)]
translatea1387
interpret1576
translate1812
word1935
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (intransitive)]
interpret1588
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xii. 30 Wher alle speken with langages? wher alle interpreten [gloss or expownen]?
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 253 To interprete out of the Greeke tongue into the Latine.
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 285 Euery one wil construe and interpret thereon at his pleasure.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 38 Pe-unes..ready..to serve you, either to interpret, to runne, go arrands or the like.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 33 Unskilful with what words to pray, let mee Interpret for him. View more context for this quotation
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. vii. 82 Each must interpret for himself.
4. intransitive. To signify, to mean. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > mean [verb (intransitive)]
bea1200
understand?c1425
sense1564
interpret1614
magnify1712
to speak for itself1779
to add up to1873
mean1926
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 107 Sophi by all likelyhood was giuen him with regard to his reformd profession, as the word interprets.

Derivatives

inˈterpreted adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] > explained
explicated1615
expounded1642
explicate1647
interpreted1659
clarified1663
disambiguated1970
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 313 An interpreted and an intended unction of our Saviour.
inˈterpreting n. and adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun]
remeninga1382
translatinga1382
translationa1382
interpretation1382
interpretingc1384
reducing?a1425
traductiona1533
conversion1586
reddition1609
renderinga1653
rendition1653
transposition1653
transfusion1700
gloss1756
reduction1826
transc1877
machine-aided translation1966
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective]
explanativea1500
expositive1535
resolutory1567
interpretative1569
expounding1571
illustrating1589
explanatory1600
explicative1602
explicatory1606
expository1628
clarifying1630
illustrative1643
luciferous1648
omnilucent1651
explaining?1683
illustratorya1734
elucidatory1774
elucidative1822
irradiativea1834
expositional1845
resolvent1856
enucleating1862
expositionary1882
luminant1891
interpreting1892
clarificatory1945
FYI1973
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xii. 10 Interpretynge [gloss or expownyng] of wordis.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 64 Aftir the interpretyng made by you of her owne name.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Mar. 2/3 He [Freeman] was an interpreting historian.

Draft additions 1993

e. Computing. To subject (a program, instruction, etc.) to the operation of an interpreter (interpreter n. 5b); to execute (a program) using an interpreter.
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society > computing and information technology > software > load system [verb (transitive)] > interpret
interpret1965
1965 Computer Jrnl. 8 127/2 At any time CONTROL contains the address of the next 6-bit or 12-bit instruction that the Interpreter is going to interpret.
1977 Gloss. Terms Data Processing (B.S.I.) vii. 4/1 Interpret, to translate and to execute each source language statement of a computer program before translating and executing the next statement.
1978 J. McNeil Consultant xxi. 188 I bet you've never had to interpret a dump of a totally unfamiliar program!
1983 R. Fielder in D. E. Dravnieks IBM Personal Computer Handbk. iv. 48/2 When a program is interpreted, each statement is translated and executed before the next statement is processed.
1991 Unix World Aug. 137/1 If you're interpreting the script with the Korn shell and specify the -w option, the new script will report whether the specified command is a reserved word, an alias, an exported alias, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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