be-

前缀
/bə/    /bə/

英文释义

前缀
  1. By, near, next to, around, close to. idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — beleaguer, bestand, beset, besit
  2. Around; about. idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — begather, belay, belook, bestir, belive, besmell, bewrap
  3. About, regarding, concerning, over. idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — bewrite, betalk, betell, belie, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beknow, besing, bespeak
  4. On, upon, at, to, in contact with something. idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — beclothe, becall, besee, behold, befall, bedo, beshine, besmile, betone
  5. Off, away, over, across idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — becut, bedeal, betake, bego, behead, belimb, benim, bereave, besleeve, betrunk
  6. As an intensifier; i.e. thoroughly, excessively; completely; utterly. idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — bebreak, begladden, belabour, belove, behate, besmirch, bedazzle, besiege, befuddle
  7. All around; about; abundantly; all over. idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — belave, belick, bescatter, bekiss
  8. Forming verbs derived from nouns or adjectives, usually with the sense of "to make, become, or cause to be". idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — becalm, bedark, befree, befriend, bedim, beken, benight, benothing, bewet, besmooth, bestrange
  9. Used to intensify adjectives meaning "adorned with something", often those with the suffix -ed. archaic,informal,morpheme
    — besequined, befeathered, beclawed, bewebbed, betasseled, beloved

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
From Middle English be-, bi-, from Old English be- (“be-”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near, by”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“at, near”). See by, by-.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian bi- (“be-”), West Frisian be- (“be-”), Dutch be- (“be-”), German Low German be- (“be-”), German be- (“be-”), Danish be- (“be-”), Swedish be- (“be-”).
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