begin

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Beginning; start. nonstandard
    — In prayer, in the light, I see my kin / I touch my tree, my roots, my begin
动词 v.
  1. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something. ergative
    — I began playing the piano at the age of five.
  2. To come into existence. intransitive
    — Vast chain of being! which from God began.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), from be- + base verb *ginnaną also found in Old English onginnan.
词源 2
From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), from be- + base verb *ginnaną also found in Old English onginnan.
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