单词 | quest |
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音标 | [kwest] |
解释 | v.搜寻,探求;n.探求 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 搜寻,探求(to search for);n. 探求(investigation, pursuit) 【记】 question(问题),去 掉ion成为quest 【例】 the quest for truth(对真理的寻求) |
字源 | quest (n.) c.1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions." quest (v.) mid-14c., "to seek game, hunt," from quest (n.) and from Old French quester "to search, hunt," from queste (n.). Related: Quested; questing. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】question 是其名词,request 请求,要求 |
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