aren't

动词 v.
/ɑːnt/    /ɑɹ(ə)nt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. are not (negative auxiliary)
  2. A contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?" colloquial
    — I’m a nasty-tempered dog if any one tries to take my bone away; aren’t I, my sons?

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词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *arun?
Old English earon
Middle English aren
English are
English n’t
English aren't
From are + n’t.
词源 2
Spelling replacement of the homonym an’t.
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