dear

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /dɪə/    美 /dɪə/|/dɪɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very kind, loving person.
    — My little cousin is such a dear, always drawing me pictures.
  2. A beloved person.
  3. An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
    — Pass me the salt, would you dear?
  4. An elderly person, especially a woman.
动词 v.
  1. To endear. obsolete
    — Nor should a Sonne his Sire loue for reward, But for he is his Sire, in nature dear’d.
形容词 adj.
  1. High in price; expensive. Ireland,UK
    — The dearer the jewel, the greater the love expressed.
  2. Severe, or severely affected; sore.
  3. Fierce. obsolete
    — The Christens found the heathens dear, as the lion doth the bear.
  4. Loved; lovable.
    — "Yes, children dear, wait a bit till it turns itself," she answered - she ought to have said "till I turn it"[.]
  5. Lovely; kind.
    — "I've never met the kind of man I mean." "Tell me about him. What does he look like?" "Oh, he might look very much like you." "How dear of you to say that!"
  6. Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
    — Such dear embrace tenderly comforts even in this dear sorrow.
  7. Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
    — The dearer the giver, the dearer the trinket he brings!
  8. A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
    — Dear Sir/Madam/Miss, please notice our offices will be closed during the following bank holidays:[…].
  9. A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
    — My dear friend, I feel better as soon as you come sit beside my sickbed!
  10. An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
    — My dear man, you ought to think twice about who you're trying to blackmail.
  11. Noble. obsolete
副词 adv.
  1. Dearly; at a high price.
    — If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Indicating surprise, pity, or disapproval.
    — Dear, dear! Whatever were they thinking?

词形变化

dearer comparative more dear comparative dearest superlative most dear superlative dears plural dears present,singular,third-person dearing participle,present deared participle,past deared past more dear comparative most dear superlative more dear comparative most dear superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
darling

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dere, from Old English dīere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“expensive”), German teuer (“expensive”), German Low German düür, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Faroese dýrur (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”), Yiddish טייַער (tayer, “precious, expensive”).
词源 2
From Middle English dere (“fierce, severe, hard, deadly”), from Old English dēor, dȳr (“brave, bold; severe, dire, vehement”), from Proto-Germanic *deuzaz. Cognate with the above.
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