leese
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To lose.
— But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet, Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.
- To release; let go; set free.
- To hurt.
- To destroy.
- To loosen, unfasten.
- To forsake or abandon.
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词源 1
From Middle English lesen, from Old English *lēosan (only attested in compounds: belēosan, forlēosan, etc.), from Proto-West Germanic *leusan, from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).
词源 2
From Middle English lesen, from Old English lȳsan, līesan (“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate”), from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną (“to release, loosen”). Cognate with Dutch lozen, German lösen, Swedish lösa.
词源 3
Compare French léser, Latin laesus.
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