eft

名词 n. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.
    — Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […].
副词 adv.
  1. Again; afterwards not-comparable,obsolete
    — And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,[…]

词形变化

efts plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin.
词源 2
From Middle English eft, from Old English eft, æft, from Proto-West Germanic *afti, from Proto-Germanic *afti. Cognate with Old Saxon eft, aft, eht (“again, afterwards”), Middle Low German echt (“again, afterward”). Compare English after, aft.
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