lief

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Beloved, dear, agreeable. archaic
  2. Ready, willing. archaic
副词 adv.
  1. Readily, willingly, rather. archaic
    — I'd as lief have one as t'other.

词形变化

liefer comparative liever comparative liefest superlative lievest superlative liefer comparative liever comparative liefest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
liefly liefsome unlief
相关词
alderliefest leeftail leman lemman lever liefling livelong

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief, German Low German leev, German lieb, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs), Russian любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), Polish luby.
For the adverb, compare German lieber, Dutch liever (“preferably, rather”).
词源 2
From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief, German Low German leev, German lieb, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs), Russian любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), Polish luby.
For the adverb, compare German lieber, Dutch liever (“preferably, rather”).
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