ettle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Intention; intent; aim. Scotland,dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To propose, intend. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland,transitive
  2. To earn. obsolete
  3. To direct one's course, to head. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland,archaic,intransitive
    — The Siloam nosed and ettled into the grey sprawl of waves and sent up arcs of swift stinging spray.
  4. To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland,intransitive
  5. To strive, to try. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland,intransitive

词形变化

ettles present,singular,third-person ettling participle,present ettled participle,past ettled past ettles plural ettles present,singular,third-person ettling participle,present ettled participle,past ettled past

词汇关系

衍生词
ettling

词源

词源 1
From Middle English etlien, atlien, from Old Norse ætla (“to think, mean, suppose, intend, purpose”), from Proto-Germanic *ahtalōną (“to strive, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *ok- (“to think, intend, purpose”). Cognate with regional Swedish ättla (“to count, reckon”). Some Middle English forms perhaps remodelled after Old English eaht.
词源 2
A variation of addle (“to earn”).
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