whid

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
  2. A lie; a falsehood. Scotland,obsolete
  3. A word. obsolete
  4. A quarrel. UK,dialectal,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
  2. To tell a lie. Scotland,intransitive,obsolete

词形变化

whids plural whids present,singular,third-person whidding participle,present whidded participle,past whidded past whids plural whids present,singular,third-person whidding participle,present whidded participle,past whidded past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hweoþu (“air, breeze”) or from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”), both from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“rush of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Scots quhid (“a squall, blast of wind”).
词源 2
Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).
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