| 释义 |
shend
I. \ˈshend\ transitive verb
(shent \-nt\ ; shent ; shending ; shends)
Etymology: Middle English shenden, from Old English scendan; akin to Old Frisian skenda to shame, disgrace, Old Saxon skendian, Old High German scenten; causative-denominative from the root of Old English scand shame, disgrace, Old Frisian skande, Old High German scanta, Gothic skanda; akin to Old English scamu shame — more at shame
1. archaic
a. : to confuse, confound, or put to shame especially by superiority
< Cynthia doth shend the lesser stars — Edmund Spenser >
b. : to get the better of (as in battle or argument) : discomfit
2. archaic : to subject to reproach : reprove, revile
< I am shent for speaking to you — Shakespeare >
3. chiefly dialect
a. : injure, mar, harm
b. : ruin, destroy
< the withered crown will soon slide down a skull all bleached and shent — G.M.Hopkins >
II. transitive verb
Etymology: perhaps alteration (influenced by shend) (I) of shield (II)
obsolete : protect, shield, defend |