tribute

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. countable,uncountable
    — Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
  2. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.; An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator. countable,uncountable
    — Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show?
  3. A payment made by one nation to another in submission. countable,uncountable
    — The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.
  4. Extortion; protection money. countable,uncountable
  5. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord. countable,uncountable
  6. A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment. countable,uncountable
    — The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable
  7. Ellipsis of cum tribute. Internet,abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis
动词 v.
  1. To pay as tribute. transitive
    — Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.

词形变化

tributes plural tributes present,singular,third-person tributing participle,present tributed participle,past tributed past

词汇关系

近义词
encomium heriot
衍生词
cum tribute I volunteer as tribute tributable tribute act tribute band tribute money tributer tribute wall tributor
相关词
tribe tribal tributary

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see).
词源 2
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see).
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