单词 | learn |
释义 | learn/ləːn![]() verb (past and past participle learned /ləːnt/ /ləːnd/ or chiefly British learnt /ləːnt/) [with object] 1Gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught: they’d started learning French [with infinitive]: she is learning to play the piano [no object]: we learn from experience...
Synonyms acquire a knowledge of, gain an understanding of, acquire skill in, become competent in, become proficient in, grasp, master, take in, absorb, assimilate, pick up, digest, familiarize oneself with; become expert in, know inside out, know backwards, comprehend; study, read up on, work at, apply oneself to, be taught, have lessons in, pursue informal get the hang of, get clued up about, get the point of 1.1Commit to memory: I’d learned too many grim poems in school...
Synonyms memorize, learn by heart, learn by rote, commit to memory, become word-perfect in, learn word for word, learn parrot-fashion, get off/down pat, have off/down pat, know, retain informal get off by heart archaic con 1.2Become aware of (something) by information or from observation: [with clause]: I learned that they had eaten already [no object]: the trading standards office learned of the illegal network...
Synonyms discover, find out, become aware, be made aware, be informed, have it brought to one's attention, hear, be given to understand, get to know, come to know, hear tell; gather, understand, ascertain, establish, realize, determine informal get wind of the fact, get wise to the fact British informal suss out North American informal dope out 2 archaic or informal Teach (someone): ‘That’ll learn you,’ he chuckled [with object and infinitive]: we’ll have to learn you to milk cows...
UsageIn modern standard English it is wrong to use learn to mean teach, as in that’ll learn you (correct use is that’ll teach you). This meaning has been recorded since the 13th century and has been used by writers such as Spenser, Bunyan, and Samuel Johnson, but it fell into disfavour in the early 19th century and is now found only in non-standard and dialect use. Derivativeslearnability
learnable
OriginOld English leornian 'learn' (in Middle English also 'teach'), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore1. Rhymes |
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