dare

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɛə/    美 /dɛ(ə)ɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A challenge to prove courage.
    — I did it just for a dare.
  2. A small fish, the dace
    — The Dare is not unlike a Chub, but proportionably less; his Body is more white and flatter, and his Tail more forked.
  3. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
    — It lends a lustre […] / A large dare to our great enterprise.
  4. Defiance; challenge.
    — Childish, unworthy dares / Are not enough to part our powers.
  5. In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
    — When asked truth or dare, she picked dare.
动词 v.
  1. To have enough courage (to do something). intransitive
    — I wouldn't dare (to) argue with my boss.
  2. To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified. obsolete
  3. To defy or challenge (someone to do something). transitive
    — I dare you to kiss that girl.
  4. To lie or crouch down in fear. obsolete
  5. To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to. transitive
    — Will you dare death to reach your goal?
  6. To terrify; to daunt. transitive
    — For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman.
  7. To drive larks to the ground by scaring them (for instance, with mirrors or hawks) so they can be caught in nets. archaic,transitive
    — I have an hobby can make larks to dare

词形变化

dares present,singular,third-person dare modal,present,singular,third-person dast obsolete,present,singular,third-person daring participle,present dared participle,past dared past durst obsolete,participle,past durst obsolete,past dares plural dares present,singular,third-person daring participle,present dared participle,past dared past dares plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bedare daredevil daredn't daren't darer daresay dare-say dare say dare-saying daresn't daresome daring dassn't dasn't double dare how dare someone how dare you how very dare you I dare be bound outdare overdare triple dog dare undared double dog dare dairous dareful

词源

词源 1
From Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną (“to dare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse (“to dare”), reduplicated stative of the root *dʰers- (“to be bold, to dare”), an *-s- extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, support”).
Cognates
Cognate with Low German dören, Dutch durven, German turren, Sanskrit दधर्ष (dadhárṣa), but also with Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús), Albanian nder, Lithuanian drįsti, Russian дерза́ть (derzátʹ).
词源 2
From Middle English daren, from Old English darian.
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