英语词汇“eke”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	eke
释义	eke I. \ˈēk\ adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēac; akin to Old High German ouh also, Old Norse & Gothic auk, Latin aut or, Greek au again, Sanskrit u and, but archaic : in addition : also, moreover < the most entertaining, eke the most learned — H.J.Laski > II. noun or eik \ˈēk, ˈāk, ˈəik\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English eke, from Old English ēaca; akin to Old English ēacian to increase now chiefly Scotland : an addition or extension: as a. : a piece added to increase the size or length of a garment b. : an additional drink < an eke before I go > III. \ˈēk, Scot “ or ˈāk or ˈəik\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English eken, echen, from Old English ēacian (v.i.) to increase and ēacan (v.i.) to increase and īecan, ēcan (v.t.) to increase, augment, carry out; akin to Old High German ouhhōn to add, Old Norse auka to increase, Gothic aukan, Latin augēre, Greek auxein to increase, Sanskrit oja strength *transitive verb* 1. or eik chiefly Scotland a. : add, increase < eked a few words fit for the occasion > < the memory eked her sadness > b. : to repair by adding material : patch, lengthen < let out and eke the petticoat > 2. a. : to supplement or fill (what is felt to be deficient) especially by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition — used with out < to eke out his meager pay … he turned to writing — English Digest > < eke out the information given in the native chronicles and so to reconstruct … the society of the first centuries — G.B.Sansom > b. : to make (a supply) last by economy < eke out the stores by strict rationing > or partial use of a substitute < this wool could be obtained only in small and uncertain quantities and was often eked out as a facing to a core of cedar bark — C.D.Forde > : stretch — used with out 3. a. : to obtain, maintain, or achieve with effort usually in small quantity : squeeze < he asked about the living conditions … and I tried to eke out the little knowledge I had collected — Christopher Isherwood > specifically : to make (a living) meagerly and laboriously — used with out < from … unproductive cutover land many farmers have eked out a precarious living — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. : to live from day to day especially with boredom or with difficulty — used with out < on this, with £1 a month from his father, the boy eked out his year — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > *intransitive verb* chiefly Scotland : add < it eked to her woe > : augment
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