aid

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /eɪd/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Help; assistance; succor, relief. uncountable
    — He came to my aid when I was foundering.
  2. A helper; an assistant. countable
    — It is not good that man should bee alone, let vs make vnto him an aide like to himselfe.
  3. Something which helps; a material source of help. countable
    — Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.
  4. An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort. UK,countable
    — In this parliament was granted to the king for defence against the Scots two aids and two quindecims, the which two aids did not extend over two quindecims.
  5. An exchequer loan. UK,countable
  6. A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions. countable
  7. Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”). alt-of,alternative,countable
    — Suddenly, the general's aid entered the room and walked in a straight line, coming to a halt in front of the desk, standing at attention, waiting for the general to recognize him, allowing the aid to speak.
  8. The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse. countable,in-plural
动词 v.
  1. To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. transitive
    — You speedy helpers […] Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
  2. To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
    — Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.

词形变化

aids plural aide alternative ayde alternative,obsolete aids present,singular,third-person aiding participle,present aided participle,past aided past

词汇关系

近义词
assist befriend bestand cooperate help promote relieve succor succour support sustain serve
衍生词
aidable aidance aid and abet aider nonaided unaided unaiding underaid
相关词
aidant aide-de-camp

词源

词源 1
From Middle English aide, eide, ayde, from Old French eide, aide, from aidier, from Latin adiūtō, adiūtāre (“to assist, help”). Cognates include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto.
词源 2
From Middle English aiden, from Old French eider, aider, aidier, from Latin adiuto, frequentative of adiuvō (“assist”, verb).
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