forebear

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɔːˌbɛə/    美 /ˈfɔɹˌbɛɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ancestor.
    — One day, among the days, he bethought him of this and fell lamenting for that the most part of his existence was past and he had not been vouchsafed a son, to inherit the kingdom after him, even as he had inherited it from his fathers and forebears; by reason whereof there betided him sore cark and care and chagrin exceeding.
动词 v.
  1. Obsolete spelling of forbear. alt-of,obsolete

词形变化

forebears plural forbear alternative forebeer alternative,Scotland forebears present,singular,third-person forebearing participle,present forebore past foreborne participle,past

词汇关系

反义词
afterbear

词源

Late 15th century, from fore- + beer (“one who is or exists”, literally “be-er”).
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