bestand

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stand by or near; stand around. transitive
  2. To beset; stand around in hostility; harass. transitive
    — [...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...]
  3. To surround; encompass. transitive
    — Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...]
  4. To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid. transitive
    — [...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin.

词形变化

bestands present,singular,third-person bestanding participle,present bestood participle,past bestood past

词源

From Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bestandan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistandan, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną (“to surround, support”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + stand.
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