bemoan

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈməʊn/    美 /bɪˈmoʊn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To moan or complain about (something). transitive
    — He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
  2. To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them. reflexive,transitive
    — Son. Was ever son so rued a father’s death? Father. Was ever father so bemoan’d his son?

词形变化

bemoans present,singular,third-person bemoaning participle,present bemoaned participle,past bemoaned past

词汇关系

衍生词
bemoanable bemoaner bemoaning bemoaningly forebemoaned unbemoaned

词源

From Middle English bemenen, bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan (“to bemoan, bewail, lament”); equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + moan. Alteration of vowel from Middle to Modern English due to analogy with moan.
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