gain

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 介词 prep.
中文释义
发音 gān

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
  2. The act of gaining; acquisition. countable,uncountable
    — People are more willing to take a risk to avoid a loss than to make a gain.
  3. The thing or things gained. countable,uncountable
    — Everyone shall share in the gains.
  4. The factor by which a signal is multiplied. countable,uncountable
    — There follows the high and low-frequency replay equalization, which normally involves two adjustments with a further control allowing the replay gain to be set.
动词 v.
  1. To acquire possession of. transitive
    — Looks like you’ve gained a new friend.
  2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress. intransitive
    — The sick man gains daily.
  3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition. dated,transitive
    — to gain a battle; to gain a case at law
  4. To increase. transitive
    — Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
  5. To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone. intransitive,often,with-on
    — to gain ground
  6. To reach. transitive
    — to gain the top of a mountain
  7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
    — If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
  8. To put on weight. intransitive
    — I’ve been gaining.
  9. To run fast, often by a specified amount. ambitransitive,dated
    — Don't rely on that clock: it gains.
形容词 adj.
  1. Straight, direct; near; short. dialectal,obsolete
    — the gainest way
  2. Suitable; convenient; ready. dialectal,obsolete
  3. Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous. dialectal
  4. Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap. dialectal
副词 adv.
  1. Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means. dialectal,obsolete
  2. Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately. dialectal
  3. Tolerably; fairly. dialectal
    — gain quiet
    fairly/pretty quiet
介词 prep.
  1. Against. obsolete

词形变化

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词汇关系

反义词
lose loss
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (“profit, advantage”), from Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from Proto-Germanic *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of Proto-Germanic *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).
Cognate with Icelandic gagn (“gain, advantage, use”), Swedish gagn (“benefit, profit”), Danish gavn (“gain, profit, success”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gageigan, “to gain, profit”), Old Norse gegn (“ready”), dialectal Swedish gen (“useful, noteful”), Latin cum (“with”); see gain-, again, against. Compare also Middle English gaynen, geinen (“to be of use, profit, avail”), Icelandic and Swedish gagna (“to avail, help”), Danish gavne (“to benefit”).
The Middle English word was reinforced by Middle French gain (“gain, profit, advancement, cultivation”), from Old French gaaing, gaaigne, gaigne, a noun derivative of gaaignier, gaigner (“to till, earn, win”), from Frankish *waiþanōn (“to pasture, graze, hunt for food”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþiz, *waiþō, *waiþijō (“pasture, field, hunting ground”); compare Old High German weidōn, weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”) (Modern German Weide (“pasture”)), Old Norse veiða (“to catch, hunt”), Old English wǣþan (“to hunt, chase, pursue”). Related to wide.
词源 2
From dialectal English gen, gin, short for again, agen (“against”); also Middle English gain, gayn, gein, ȝæn (“against”), from Old English gēan, geġn (“against”). More at against.
词源 3
From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see above. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective.
词源 4
Compare Welsh gan (“a mortise”).
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