jealous

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To harass or attack (somebody) out of jealousy. ambitransitive,slang
    — If I go back, he starts his jealousing again. Drinking and jealousing.
  2. To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people. transitive
    — […] where the victim of an assault had been 'jealousing' the offender about her sister.
形容词 adj.
  1. Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
    — jealous lover
  2. Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
    — Thou ſhalt not bow downe thy ſelfe to them, nor ſerue them: For I the Lord thy God am a iealous God, viſiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me:
  3. Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
    — be jealous of someone/something
  4. Suspicious; apprehensive.
    — I began my fence or wall; which, being still jealous of my being attacked by somebody, I resolved to make very thick and strong.

词形变化

jealouser comparative more jealous comparative jealousest superlative most jealous superlative iealous alternative jealouses present,singular,third-person jealousing participle,present jealoused participle,past jealoused past iealous alternative

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.
词源 2
First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.
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