wear

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /wɛə/|/wɛː/    美 /wɛ(ə)ɹ/|[wɛɚ]|[wɛɹ]|/weː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Dated form of weir. alt-of,dated
    — Cool and clear, cool and clear, / By shining shingle, and foaming wear;
  2. Clothing. in-compounds,uncountable
    — footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
  3. Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time. uncountable
    — Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a most strange, as for me it was a most fortunate, thing.
  4. Fashion. uncountable
    — Motley's the onely weare.
  5. Wearing. uncountable
    — It is obvious, of course, that a cylinder so applied is not for constant wear, and it is not intended in any way to correct any error of refraction, but is used merely as an exercise for a few minutes at a time at repeated intervals. In case of Oblique Astigmatism the wearing of the correction will frequently fail to give satisfaction when complicated by oblique muscular trouble, […]
动词 v.
  1. To have on:; To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc. transitive
    — He's wearing some nice pants today.
    The Old Arcadia
  2. To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion. UK,dialectal,transitive
  3. To have on:; To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. transitive
    — He wears eyeglasses.
  4. To defend; protect. UK,dialectal,transitive
  5. To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel. UK,dialectal,transitive
    — to wear the wolf from the sheep
  6. To have on:; To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. transitive
    — She wore a smile all day.
  7. To erode:; To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
    — You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes.
  8. To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety. UK,dialectal,transitive
  9. To erode:; To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use. copulative,intransitive
    — The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
  10. To erode:; To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
    — His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience.
  11. To erode:; (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience. colloquial,intransitive
    — Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.
  12. To endure:; To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation. colloquial
    — I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.
  13. To endure:; To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate. intransitive
    — Don't worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years.
  14. To endure:; To pass slowly, gradually or tediously. intransitive
    — wear on, wear away.
  15. To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.

词形变化

wears present,singular,third-person wearing participle,present wore past ware obsolete,past worn participle,past wore colloquial,nonstandard,participle,past worne obsolete,participle,past wears present,singular,third-person wearing participle,present weared past wore past weared participle,past wore participle,past worn participle,past worne obsolete,participle,past wer alternative,Scotland weir alternative,Scotland wears plural

词汇关系

衍生词
does the Pope wear a funny hat forwear not all heroes wear capes outwear outworn overwear put that in your hat and wear it ready-to-wear rewear unwearable wash-and-wear wearable wear and tear wear as a badge of honor wear away wear down wearer wear horns wear in wear off wear on wear one's heart upon one's sleeve wear on one's sleeve wear out one's welcome wear out worn out worn-out wear rose-colored glasses wear sackcloth and ashes wear something as a badge of honor wear something on one's sleeve wear one's heart on one's sleeve wear the breeches wear the pants wear the trousers wear thin wear through wear too many hats wear two hats wear up wear weary wear yellow stockings worse for wear constant-wear garment maternity wear ring wear use-wear analysis wear leveling
相关词
vest don put on

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wes-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti
Proto-Germanic *wazjaną
Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan
Old English werian
Middle English weren
English wear
Inherited from Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on (clothes)”).
Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-).
Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and teren (whence tear).
词源 2
From Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to guard, keep, defend; ward off, hinder, prevent, forbid; restrain; occupy, inhabit; dam up; discharge obligations on (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, protect, ward off”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”).
Cognate with Scots wer, weir (“to defend, protect”), Dutch weren (“to aver, ward off”), German wehren (“to fight”), Swedish värja (“to defend, ward off”), Icelandic verja (“to defend”).
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