undergird

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
  2. To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for. figuratively
    — For fiction, documentary, verse, and essay, she undergirds entertaining images and stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and challenge to the suppression of human rights.
  3. To lend moral support to.
  4. To secure below or underneath.

词形变化

undergirds present,singular,third-person undergirding participle,present undergirded participle,past undergirded past undergirt participle,past undergirt past

词汇关系

近义词
fortify shore up succour
反义词
undermine

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English gird
English undergird
From under- + gird.
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