behoof

名词 n.
/bɪˈhuːf/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit. countable,dated,uncountable
    — This tongue hath parley’d unto foreign kings For your behoof,—

词形变化

behoofs plural

词源

From Middle English behoof, behof, from Old English behōf, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōf. Akin to Dutch behoef, German Behuf (“necessity”), Danish behov (“requirement”) (from Middle Low German). Related to have and heave.
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