quaere

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A question or query. archaic
    — Had ten dozen of hornets stung him behind in so many places all at one time,—he could not have […] started half so much, as with one single quære of three words unseasonably popping in full upon him.
动词 v.
  1. To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
    — Suppose then the cube and sphere placed on a table, and the blind man be made to see: quaere, whether by his sight, before he touched them, he could now distinguish and tell which is the globe, which the cube?

词形变化

quaeres present,singular,third-person quaereing participle,present quaered participle,past quaered past quære alternative,archaic quaeres plural quære alternative,archaic

词源

词源 1
From Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”).
词源 2
From Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”).
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