buy
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 [baɪ]|[bɑj]
美 [baɪ]|[bɑɪ]
英文释义
名词 n.
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Something which is bought; a purchase.
— At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.
动词 v.
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To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
— Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.
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To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
— I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
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To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
— VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood, As I am Iacke Strawe, thou ſhalt buy it with thy blood.
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To bribe.
— He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
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To be equivalent to in value.
— The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
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to accept as true; to believe
— I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
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To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
— She buys for Federated.
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To make a bluff, usually a large one.
— Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.
词形变化
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衍生词
bought and paid for
bought priesthood
bring-and-buy
bring-and-buy sale
buyability
buyable
buy a dog and bark oneself
buy and hold
buy and pay for
buy a pup
buy a ticket to
buy back
buy-back
buy-bust
buycott
buy-down
buy down
buyer
buy-in
buy in
buying guide
buying power
buying temperature
buy into
buy it
buy low, sell high
buy nice or buy twice
buy-off
buy off
buy off on
buy-out
buy out
buy out from under
buy over
buy side
buy someone off
buy someone out
buy some time
buy stop order
buy straw hats in winter
buy the big one
buy the dip
buy the dips
buy the farm
buy the rabbit
buy the rack
buy the rights
buy the rumor
buy the same horse twice
buy time
buy-to-let
buy to let
buy-to-play
buyup
buy up
buyware
buy when it snows and sell when it goes
buy when it snows, sell when it goes
buy with one's ears
buy wolf tickets
buy woof tickets
buy yourself a hat
can I buy you a drink
collective buying
cross-buy
don't buy green bananas
forbuy
forebuy
group buying
I don't want to buy anything
impulse buy
impulse-buy
leveraged buy-out
money can't buy happiness
multibuy
must-buy
outbuy
overbuy
panic-bought
panic-buy
prebuy
rebuy
shop-bought
store-bought
that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee
unbuy
underbuy
vote buying
why buy a book when you can join a library
why buy a book when you can join the library
why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
词源
词源 1
From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to take away, deliver”).
Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to build, settle”), Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands.
Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to build, settle”), Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands.
词源 2
From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to take away, deliver”).
Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to build, settle”), Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands.
Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to build, settle”), Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands.
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