waive

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /weɪv/|/wɛjv/    美 /weɪv/|/wæɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman. obsolete
  2. A waif; a castaway. obsolete
    — But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
动词 v.
  1. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo. transitive
    — If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
  2. To move from side to side; to sway. obsolete
  3. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.; To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due. transitive
  4. To stray, wander. intransitive,obsolete
  5. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.; To release [a player] onto the waiver wire Canada,US,transitive
    — Nearly 1,200 players will be cut, waived, or sent packing, and the scramble to land on a practice squad or catch on elsewhere will move fast.
  6. To put aside, avoid. archaic
    — […] seeing in many such occasions of common life we advisedly do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others
  7. To outlaw (someone). obsolete
  8. To abandon, give up (someone or something). obsolete
    — but she might be waived, and held as abandoned.

词形变化

waives present,singular,third-person waiving participle,present waived participle,past waived past wave alternative,obsolete waives present,singular,third-person waiving participle,present waived participle,past waived past wave alternative,obsolete waives plural wave alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
abandon abdicate abjure cede dismiss disregard dissolve forgo give up let go put aside relinquish renounce surrender terminate yield
反义词
accept admit approve submit
衍生词
waivable waiver
相关词
waiver waif

词源

词源 1
From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from Old French waif (“waif”), from gaiver (“to abandon”), ultimately of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; see weyver.
词源 2
From Middle English weyven (“to wave, waver”), from Old Norse veifa (“to wave, swing”) (Norwegian veiva), from Proto-Germanic *waibijaną.
词源 3
From Anglo-Norman waive, probably as the past participle of weyver, as Etymology 1, above.
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