graven

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. past participle of grave form-of,participle,past
    — Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
  2. To make graven or engraved archaic,transitive
    — I saw I was not only gravened upon the palms of his hands, or set as a seal upon his arm, but I was pourtrayed upon his heart.
  3. To make or become grave (serious or sombre) ambitransitive
    — Whatever it was that had cast a dark shadow and gravened the faces of those normally ebullient people was much too complicated for me to understand.
形容词 adj.
  1. carved, engraved not-comparable
    — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.

词形变化

gravens present,singular,third-person gravening participle,present gravened participle,past gravened past gravens present,singular,third-person gravening participle,present gravened participle,past gravened past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”).
词源 2
From graven (adjective) above.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English grave
English -en
English graven
From grave (adjective) + -en.
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