truce英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.

— An uneasy truce
An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.

— He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.

动词 v.

To come to an agreement to cease fighting. intransitive

— Only undaunted Henry de Tracey […] held up the cause; trucing at last, in loyal terms, till the king should become more powerful and be able in person to restrain the country.

词形变化

truces plural truces present,singular,third-person trucing participle,present truced participle,past truced past

词汇关系

近义词

armistice ceasefire

词源

词源 1

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.

词源 2

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.