ask

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɑːsk/    美 /æsk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An eft; newt. Scotland,also,informal
    — He looked at the beast. It was not an eel. It was very like an ask.
  2. An act or instance of asking. informal
    — To ask for a gift is a privilege, a wonderful expression of commitment to and ownership of the organization. Getting a yes to an ask can be a rush, but asking for the gift can and should be just as rewarding.
  3. A lizard. informal
    — We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).
  4. Something asked or asked for. informal
    — I know this is a big ask, but …
  5. An asking price. informal
    — The buy prices are a bit higher than the sell prices; the difference between the buy/sell is called bid/ask spread. If you are selling a stock, you’ll get the bid price; if you are buying a stock, you’ll get the ask price.
  6. A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient. Internet,informal
    — Answering 'asks' like this is one common way that Tumblr bloggers interact with their followers, so it is in the act of publicly answering these asks that I examine community building practices.
动词 v.
  1. To request or petition.; To request (information, or an answer to a question). intransitive,transitive
    — I asked her age.
  2. To request or petition.; To request or enquire of (a person). ditransitive,transitive
    — I asked her (for) her age.
  3. To request or petition.; To request (an item or service) (see also ask for). transitive,usually
    — to ask for a second helping at dinner
  4. To request or petition.; To request (someone to do something). transitive
    — Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.
  5. To request or petition.; To request permission (to do something).
    — She asked to see the doctor.
  6. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
    — to ask a question
  7. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
    — What price are you asking for the house?
  8. To invite.
    — Don’t ask them to the wedding.
  9. To indirectly encourage or make more likely (an undesirable outcome). figuratively
    — Walking around with such an expensive watch is asking to be mugged.
  10. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
  11. To take (a person's situation) as an example. figuratively
    — Even when the damage isn't that clear cut, the intangible burdens of a bad image can add up. Just ask Dow Chemical.

词形变化

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词汇关系

下位词
beg beseech demand enquire entreat frain implore interrogate petition prompt query question request solicit supplicate
衍生词
askability askable ask after ask around ask back ask box askee ask for ask for it ask for someone's hand in marriage ask for the moon ask for trouble askhole ask how high when someone says jump ask in asking for a friend asking rate ask me anything ask me one about sport ask me one on sport ask my arse ask out ask over ask round ask the impossible ask the question depends who's asking don't ask don't ask me for the asking I ask you if you ask me I thought you'd never ask it's better to ask forgiveness than permission it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission misask never ask the barber if you need a haircut no questions asked outask reask shoot first and ask questions later unask who's asking ask price bid-ask spread big ask hard ask tough ask

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂isḱéti
Proto-Germanic *iskaną
Proto-Germanic *aiskaz
Proto-West Germanic *aisk
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn
Old English āscian
Middle English asken
English ask
From Middle English asken, axen, from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).
词源 2
From Middle English aske, arske, ascre, from Old English āþexe (“lizard, newt”), from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (“lizard”), a compound of *agiz (“snake, lizard”) + *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate of German Echse (“lizard”).
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