vie

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A contest. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. intransitive
    — Near-synonym: oppose
  2. To rival (something), etc. archaic,transitive
    — But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.
  3. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. transitive
    — She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast.
  4. To stake; to wager.
    — Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna
  5. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

词形变化

vies present,singular,third-person vying participle,present vieing participle,present,rare vied participle,past vied past vies plural

词源

词源 1
Apheretic form of envy.
词源 2
Apheretic form of envy.
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