discuss

动词 v.
/dɪˈskʌs/    /dɪˈskʌs/|/dɪˈskɐs/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To converse or debate concerning a particular topic. transitive
    — Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
  2. To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.). obsolete,transitive
    — Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
  3. To break to pieces; to shatter. obsolete,transitive
  4. To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume. colloquial,obsolete,transitive
    — When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—“Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
  5. To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. transitive
  6. To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors. obsolete,transitive
    — For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust, / And meet respect of honour put to flight […]

词形变化

discusses present,singular,third-person discussing participle,present discussed participle,past discussed past

词源

From Middle English discussen, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutiō (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatiō (“to shake”).
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