fend

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being. obsolete,uncountable
  2. An enemy; fiend; the Devil. UK,dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. intransitive
    — 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40, Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can. Chairman Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.
  2. To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). rare
    — With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.

词形变化

fends present,singular,third-person fending participle,present fended participle,past fended past fends plural

词汇关系

衍生词
fend and prove fend away fender fend for oneself fend off forfend

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- + *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”).
词源 2
From Middle English fēnd, feond, from Old English fēond (“adversary, foe, enemy, fiend, devil, Satan”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz, present participle of *fijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate”). More at fiend.
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