oker

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Interest on money; usury; increase. dialectal
  2. Obsolete form of ochre. alt-of,countable,obsolete,uncountable
  3. Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”). alt-of,alternative
    — Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]
动词 v.
  1. To increase (in price); add to. dialectal,transitive

词形变化

okers plural ocker alternative occur alternative ockar alternative okir alternative okkir alternative okers present,singular,third-person okering participle,present okered participle,past okered past ocker alternative occur alternative ockar alternative okir alternative okkir alternative okers plural okers plural

词源

From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.
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