eath英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

形容词 adj.

Easy; not hard or difficult.

— There, as he look'd, he saw the canvas rent, / Through which the voice found eath and open way.

副词 adv.

Easily.

— He rub'd, and prickt, and pierst her to the bones, / Digging as farre as eath he might for stones ...

词形变化

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词汇关系

反义词

uneath difficult

词源

词源 1

From Middle English ethe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Scots eith (“easy”), Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi (“easy, effortless”), Middle High German œde (“easy”), Old Norse auðr, auð- (“easy”), Icelandic auð (“(adverb) easily”), auð- (“easy”). More at easy.

词源 2

From Middle English ethe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Scots eith (“easy”), Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi (“easy, effortless”), Middle High German œde (“easy”), Old Norse auðr, auð- (“easy”), Icelandic auð (“(adverb) easily”), auð- (“easy”). More at easy.