单词 | obey |
释义 | obey —obeyable, adj. —obeyer, n. —obeyingly, adv. /oh bay"/, v.t. 1. to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents. 2. to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.). 3. (of things) to respond conformably in action to: The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel. 4. to submit or conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.). v.i. 5. to be obedient: to agree to obey. [1250-1300; ME obeien < OF obeir < L oboedire, equiv. to ob- OB- + audire to hear; -oe- for expected -u- is unclear] |
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