besay

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare.
    — "Laughter," reproved Najib, cut to the soul by his chief's ridicule, "laughter is for hyenas — and for women! as I have besaid of often.

词形变化

besays present,singular,third-person besaying participle,present besaid participle,past besaid past

词源

From Middle English besayen, biseggen, from Old English beseċġan (“to announce, introduce; defend, excuse oneself; accuse”), from Proto-Germanic *bisagjaną, equivalent to be- (“about, concerning, across”) + say. Cognate with Dutch bezeggen, German besagen (“to say”).
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