lawe英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Obsolete spelling of law (“system of regulations etc.”). alt-of,countable,obsolete,uncountable

动词 v.

To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting). transitive

— They were enveloped in forms, and easily evaded ; like a lawed dog, too mutilated to catch their game.

词形变化

lawes present,singular,third-person lawing participle,present lawed participle,past lawed past lawes plural

词源

词源 1

Perhaps from law because the practice was ordained by law. Few dictionaries comment directly on the etymology of the sense, but several (which also spell the infinitive law) group it with the other verb and noun senses derived from Old English lagu (“law”).

词源 2

Perhaps from law because the practice was ordained by law. Few dictionaries comment directly on the etymology of the sense, but several (which also spell the infinitive law) group it with the other verb and noun senses derived from Old English lagu (“law”).