happen

动词 v. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To occur or take place. intransitive
    — Let me tell you how it happened.
  2. To happen to; to befall. archaic,transitive
    — 'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […]
  3. To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly. impersonal,intransitive,with-infinitive
    — Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.
  4. To encounter by chance.
    — Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced.
  5. To become popular or trendy. informal
副词 adv.
  1. maybe, perhaps. dialectal,not-comparable,obsolete
    — Yeah, well happen if he'd gone quietly, she wouldn't have needed to show him who's in charge.

词形变化

happens present,singular,third-person happening participle,present happened participle,past happened past

词汇关系

近义词
bechance befall belimp betide betime chance come about come to pass crop up evene eventuate go on hap happen hold occur pass take place tide transpire
上位词
exist
下位词
coincide fare ensue
衍生词
accidents will happen accidents will happen in the best regulated families accident waiting to happen as it happens behappen couldn't happen to a nicer disaster waiting to happen happenable happen across happen along happen by happenchance happener happeningly happen on happen upon if it happens, it happens it so happens make fetch happen make happen mappen mishappen or it didn't happen pics or it didn't happen pictures or it didn't happen rehappen shit happens these things happen unhappen waiting to happen what's happening worse things happen at sea
相关词
happening happenstance come into being

词源

词源 1
From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).
词源 2
From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).
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