| 单词 | wield |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [wi:ld] |
| 解释 | v.支配,掌权 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.支配,掌权(to have at one's command or disposal) 【记】 参考:unwieldy(笨重 的) 【同】 参考:unwieldy(笨重 的) 【例】 Wield the two languages with equal facility. |
| 字源 | wield (v.) Old English weldan (Mercian), wieldan, wealdan (West Saxon) "have power over, compel, tame, subdue" (class VII strong verb; past tense weold, past participle gewealden), merged with weak verb wyldan, both from Proto-Germanic *waldan "to rule" (cognates: Old Saxon and Gothic waldan, Old Frisian walda "to govern, rule," Old Norse valda "to rule, wield, to cause," Old High German waltan, German walten "to rule, govern"). The Germanic words and cognates in Balto-Slavic (Old Church Slavonic vlado "to rule," vlasti "power," Russian vladeti "to reign, rule, possess, make use of," Lithuanian veldu "to rule, possess") probably are from PIE *woldh-, extended form of root *wal- "to be strong, to rule" (see valiant). Related: Wielded; wielding. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 驾轻就熟地使用(武器、工具等); 有效地行使(权力或影响等) 【记】unwieldy(adj 笨拙的), un不, wield使用, y: 不会使用的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】weld 支配控制着銲枪来銲接;wild 狂乱地支配 |
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