forwork

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct. archaic,transitive
  2. To obstruct; barricade; block. archaic,transitive
    — And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.
  3. To do wrong to; injure; scathe. archaic,transitive
  4. To overwork; exhaust with toil. archaic,transitive
    — And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]

词形变化

forworks present,singular,third-person forworking participle,present forworked participle,past forworked past forwrought participle,past forwrought past

词源

From Middle English forwirken, forwerken, forwurchen, from Old English forwyrċan (“to do wrong, sin; ruin, undo, destroy; condemn, convict, curse; forfeit; barricade, obstruct, close up”), from Proto-Germanic *frawurkijaną, equivalent to for- + work. Cognate with Dutch verwerken (“to digest, assimilate, work up, put into action”), German verwirken (“to forfeit”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawaurkjan).
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