hove

动词 v.
/həʊv/    /hoʊv/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover. intransitive,obsolete
    — As shee arrived on the roring shore, / In minde to leape into the mighty maine, / A little bote lay hoving her before[…].
  2. To raise; lift; hold up. dialectal,transitive
  3. simple past and past participle of heave form-of,participle,past
  4. To wait, linger. intransitive,obsolete
    — Alle these xv knyghtes were knyghtes of the table round / Soo these with moo other came in to gyders / and bete on bak the kynge of Northumberland and the kynge of Northwalys / whan sir launcelot sawe this as he houed in a lytil leued woode / thenne he sayd vnto syre lauayn / see yonder is a company of good knyghtes
  5. To rise. dialectal,intransitive
    — Astond he stood, and vp his haire did houe, / And with that suddein horror could no member moue.
  6. simple past and past participle of heave dialectal,form-of,obsolete,participle,past
    — Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson's Jim! I bet I was glad to see him.
  7. To move on or by. intransitive,obsolete
  8. To remain; delay. dialectal,intransitive
  9. To remain stationary (usually on horseback). dialectal,intransitive

词形变化

hoves present,singular,third-person hoving participle,present hoved participle,past hoved past huve alternative huff alternative houf alternative hoves present,singular,third-person hoving participle,present hoved participle,past hoved past

词汇关系

近义词

词源

词源 1
From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”).
Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel.
词源 2
From Middle English hoven, alteration (due to hove, hoven, past tense and past participle of heven (“to heave”)). More at heave.
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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