| 单词 | aid |
| 释义 | aid —aider, n. —aidful, adj. —aidless, adj. /ayd/, v.t. 1. to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire. 2. to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate. v.i. 3. to give help or assistance. n. 4. help or support; assistance. 5. a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary. 6. aids, Manège. a. Also called natural aids. the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight. b. Also called artificial aids. the devices by means of which a rider increases control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale. 7. aide-de-camp. 8. See foreign aid. 9. a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions. 10. Eng. Hist. (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions. [1375-1425; (n.) late ME ayde < AF, OF aide, n. deriv. of aid(i)er < L adjutare to help (freq. of adjuvare), equiv. to ad- AD- + -ju- help + -t- freq. suffix + -are inf. suffix; (v.) < AF, OF aid(i)er < L, as above] Syn. 1. See help. 2. abet, back, foster, advance. 4. succor; relief; subsidy, grant. Ant. 2. hinder, frustrate. Usage. Although the nouns AID and AIDE both have among their meanings "an assisting person," the spelling AIDE is increasingly used for the sense "helper, assistant": One of the senator's aides is calling. AIDE in military use is short for aide-de-camp. It is also the spelling in nurse's aide. |
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