haver

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈheɪvə/    美 /ˈhævɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The cereal grain of cultivated oats (Avena sativa). Northern-England,Scotland,UK
    — From porridge, the liquid preparation of oats, we are led almost automatically to the haver-cake, which was a great improvement on the former, for it could be carried about, and kept for an indefinite time in sound and wholesome condition.
  2. One who has something (in various senses).
    — It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.
  3. Alternative form of chaver. alt-of,alternative
  4. The plant or the grain of common wild oats (Avena fatua). Northern-England,Scotland,UK,archaic
  5. The person who has custody of a document. Scotland
动词 v.
  1. To hem and haw. UK
    — This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.
  2. To talk foolishly; to chatter. Scotland
    — To business, and no more havers.

词形变化

havers present,singular,third-person havering participle,present havered participle,past havered past havers plural havers plural haverim plural

词汇关系

近义词
holder possessor
衍生词
haver bread haver-grass sex-haver
相关词
haversack

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Scots haiverbor.
English haver
Borrowed from Scots haiver.
词源 2
Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”) and German Hafer (“oat”).
词源 3
From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er.
词源 4
Etymology tree
Hebrew חברbor.
English haver
Borrowed from Hebrew חבר.
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