is

名词 n. 动词 v. 代词 pron.
/ɪz/    /ɪz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of i's. alt-of,alternative,rare
动词 v.
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of be form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person
    — He is a doctor.
  2. Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural. colloquial
    — There is three of them there.
  3. present indicative of be; am, are, is. dialectal,form-of,indicative,present
    — Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip
代词 pron.
  1. Alternative spelling of us (“me”). Geordie,alt-of,alternative

词形变化

ees alternative 's alternative iz alternative

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
Proto-Germanic *isti
Proto-West Germanic *ist
Old English is
Middle English is
English is
From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”).
Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es.
Further cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning.
词源 2
Alternative pronunciation of us.
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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