peise

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A weight; a poise. UK,dialectal,obsolete
    — To weigh pence with a peise.
  2. A heavy blow, an impact. obsolete
    — Great Ptolomæe it for his lemans sake / Ybuilded all of glasse, by Magicke powre, / And also it impregnable did make; / Yet when his loue was false, he with a peaze it brake.
动词 v.
  1. To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise. obsolete
  2. To weigh or take the measure of (an immaterial object). figuratively,obsolete
  3. To weigh down, retard figuratively,obsolete
    — I speak too long; but 'tis to peise the time, To eke it, and to draw it out in length, […]

词形变化

peises present,singular,third-person peising participle,present peised participle,past peised past peises plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English peysen, from Anglo-Norman peiser, peser and Middle French peser, from Latin pēnsāre (literally “weigh”). Doublet of poise.
词源 2
From Middle English peysen, from Anglo-Norman peiser, peser and Middle French peser, from Latin pēnsāre (literally “weigh”). Doublet of poise.
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