| 释义 |
wend
I. \ˈwend\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan; akin to Old High German wenten to turn, wend, Old Norse venda, Gothic wandjan; causative from the root of English wind (to turn)
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to occur in the course of events : come about
2. obsolete : to turn from one direction, position, condition, or form to another
3. obsolete : to go or pass away : depart, end
4. : to direct one's course : go one's way : proceed, travel
< through the fields and the woods and over the walls I have wended — Robert Frost >
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to change the direction, position, or character of
2. archaic : to turn (a ship's head) in tacking
3. obsolete : to cause (oneself) to go : betake
4. : to proceed on (one's way) : go on : direct
< leisurely the governor and his associates wended their way … up the valley — J.E.Winston >
II. noun
(-s)
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: German Wende, from Old High German Winida; akin to Old English Winedas, plural, Wends, Old Norse Vindir
1. : a member of a Slavic people occupying eastern Germany to the Baltic sea during the early medieval period and now surviving along the middle and upper Spree river
2. : wendish |