nill

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
  2. Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics. obsolete,uncountable
  3. Scales of hot iron from the forge.
动词 v.
  1. To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive). auxiliary,modal,obsolete
    — I here auow thee neuer to forſake. Ill weares he armes, that nill them vſe for Ladies ſake.
  2. To be unwilling. archaic,intransitive
    — I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill:[…]
  3. To reject, refuse, negate. archaic,transitive
    — Certes (ſayd he) I n’ill thine offred grace, Ne to be made ſo happy doe intend[…].

词形变化

nills present,singular,third-person nilling participle,present nilled participle,past nilled past nould obsolete,participle,past nould obsolete,past

词汇关系

衍生词
willy-nilly

词源

词源 1
From Middle English nillen, from Old English nyllan (“to not want”), corresponding to ne + will. Cognate with Old Frisian nelle. Not directly related to Latin nolo, which is an independent construction of the same manner, but the morphemes that compound both verbs are cognates.
词源 2
Compare Irish néal and Scottish Gaelic neul (“star, light”). Compare nebula.
词源 3
From Medieval Latin nil and nihil (“nothing”) to represent German nichts and nix (“nothing”), confused with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nihil album.
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