pern

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
    — […] these yarns are to be wove in the usual way of weaving canvas, but the weft to come off the pern or quill double […]
  2. A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.
动词 v.
  1. To take profit of; to make profitable. obsolete,transitive
    — Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince Pern their Profession

词形变化

perns plural perns plural perns present,singular,third-person perning participle,present perned participle,past perned past

词源

词源 1
Presumably from a verb pern, a variant of preen, from Middle English prene; pernyng is read by some editors in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (v. 611) and interpreted as the present participle of this verb, also reflected dialectally as pirn (“reel; bobbin”). See also pirl.
词源 2
19th century, after the taxonomical name Pernis (Cuvier 1816).
词源 3
See pernancy.
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