riddance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɪd(ə)n(t)s/    美 /ˈɹɪdn̩(t)s/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination. countable,uncountable
    — A gentle riddance. Draw the curtains, go. Let all of his complexion choose me so.
  2. Deliverance, release, setting free; a relief involving getting rid of something. countable,uncountable
  3. The earth thrown up by a burrowing animal. countable,uncountable

词形变化

riddances plural

词汇关系

衍生词
good riddance good riddance to bad rubbish

词源

Apparently an alteration of earlier Middle English riddeings, ryddyngs, reddyngs (“clearings, clearances”), plural of riddyng, riddynge, rudyng (“clearing away, removal”), partially continuing Old English hryding (“a clearing, cleared land”), by surface analysis, rid + -ance.
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