doubt

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /daʊt/    美 /daʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty. countable,uncountable
    — There was some doubt as to who the child's real father was.
  2. A point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question countable
    — Ma'am, I have a doubt about today's lecture
  3. a question (that one has) countable
动词 v.
  1. To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question. ambitransitive
    — He doubted that was really what you meant.
    The New Arcadia
  2. To harbour suspicion about; suspect. transitive
    — I walk by the Rule of my Maſter, you walk by the rude working of your fancies. You are counted thieves already, by the Lord of the way; therefore, I doubt you will not be found true men at the end of the way.
  3. To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend. archaic,transitive
    — The rest of his horsemen the Duke sent to his campe, bicause they heard a great noise there, and doubted the enimies sally, and indeede they had issued foorth thrise, but were alwaies repulsed, especially through the valiantns of the English men that the Duke left there behind him [...]
  4. To fill with fear; to affright. obsolete,transitive
    — I'll tell ye all my fears, one ſingle valour, / the vertues of the valiant Caratach / more doubts me then all Britain: [...]
  5. To dread, to fear. ambitransitive,obsolete
    — Edmond aþelstones broþer · after him was king · / Godmon & doutede · god þoru alle þing ·
    Edmund, Æthelstan's brother · / after him was king · / [He was a] good man and feared · God through all things ·

词形变化

doubts present,singular,third-person doubting participle,present doubted participle,past doubted past doubts plural dout alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
doubtable doubter doubting doubtingly doubting Thomas doubting Thomasina I doubt it undoubted undoubtedly undoubting undoubtingly bedoubt benefit of doubt benefit of the doubt beyond a reasonable doubt beyond a reason of a doubt beyond a shadow of a doubt beyond a shadow of doubt beyond doubt beyond reasonable doubt beyond reason of a doubt beyond the shadow of a doubt call into doubt Cartesian doubt doubtance doubtee doubtful doubthouse doubtless doubtmonger doubtsome doubtworthy doubty in doubt little doubt misdoubt no doubt no-doubt reasonable doubt redoubt room for doubt self-doubt shadow of a doubt without a doubt without a shadow of a doubt without doubt
相关词
dubiety dubious

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *du(i)βwos
Latin *dubosdenom.
Latin dubō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin -itō
Latin dubitō
Old French doterbor.
Middle English douten
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Old French doter
Old French doutebor.
Middle English doute
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English dubiousinflu.
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Latin dubitōinflu.
English doubt
The verb is derived from Middle English douten (“to doubt, fear, worry”) [and other forms], from Old French douter, doter, duter (compare Middle French doubter), from Latin dubitāre (“to be uncertain, doubt; to hesitate, waver in coming to an opinion; to consider, ponder”); the further etymology is uncertain, but one theory is that dubitō may be derived from dubius (“fluctuating, wavering; doubtful, dubious, uncertain”), from duhibius (“held as two”), from duo (“two”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + habeō (“to have, hold”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)). Spelling reformers of the early modern period added the letter b to reflect the Latin root dubitō, but it has never been pronounced in English.
The noun is derived from Middle English dout, doute (“uncertainty, hesitation; questionable point; anxiety, fear, reverence”) [and other forms],
from Old French doute, dote, dute (“uncertain feeling, doubt”), from doter, douter, duter (“to doubt, fear”) (compare Middle French doubter; modern French douter (“to doubt, suspect”)); see further etymology above.
The ESL "question" sense is a semantic loan from Romance cognates: Portuguese dúvida, Spanish duda, Catalan dubte, French doute, Italian dubbio and others, which can all mean "question".
Displaced Old English twēo (“doubt”) and twēoġan (“to doubt”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *du(i)βwos
Latin *dubosdenom.
Latin dubō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin -itō
Latin dubitō
Old French doterbor.
Middle English douten
▲
Old French doter
Old French doutebor.
Middle English doute
▲
English dubiousinflu.
▲
Latin dubitōinflu.
English doubt
The verb is derived from Middle English douten (“to doubt, fear, worry”) [and other forms], from Old French douter, doter, duter (compare Middle French doubter), from Latin dubitāre (“to be uncertain, doubt; to hesitate, waver in coming to an opinion; to consider, ponder”); the further etymology is uncertain, but one theory is that dubitō may be derived from dubius (“fluctuating, wavering; doubtful, dubious, uncertain”), from duhibius (“held as two”), from duo (“two”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + habeō (“to have, hold”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)). Spelling reformers of the early modern period added the letter b to reflect the Latin root dubitō, but it has never been pronounced in English.
The noun is derived from Middle English dout, doute (“uncertainty, hesitation; questionable point; anxiety, fear, reverence”) [and other forms],
from Old French doute, dote, dute (“uncertain feeling, doubt”), from doter, douter, duter (“to doubt, fear”) (compare Middle French doubter; modern French douter (“to doubt, suspect”)); see further etymology above.
The ESL "question" sense is a semantic loan from Romance cognates: Portuguese dúvida, Spanish duda, Catalan dubte, French doute, Italian dubbio and others, which can all mean "question".
Displaced Old English twēo (“doubt”) and twēoġan (“to doubt”).
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