lend

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɛnd/    美 /ˈlɛnd/|/ˈlend/ ~ /ˈlɛ̝nd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Loan (permission to borrow (something)). dialectal,with-definite-article
    — “But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.”
  2. The lumbar region; loin. UK,dialectal
  3. The loins; flank; buttocks. UK,dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. transitive
    — I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.
  2. To make a loan. intransitive
  3. To be suitable or applicable, to fit. reflexive
    — Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.
  4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
    — Can you lend me some assistance?
  5. To borrow. proscribed

词形变化

lends present,singular,third-person lending participle,present lent participle,past lent past lends plural leynd alternative leind alternative lind alternative lende alternative

词汇关系

近义词
lease lend let loan
反义词
borrow call sell
上位词
give
下位词
pawn spot hire rent
衍生词
forelend forlend have a lend of someone interlend lease-lend lendability lendable lend a hand lend an ear lendee lender lend itself to lend-lease lend to believe nonlending onlend overlend relend
相关词
give back loan pay back lender

词源

词源 1
From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).
Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.
词源 2
From Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendino (“loins”), plural of Old English lenden (“loin”), from Proto-West Germanic *landī, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄ (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Danish lænd (“loin”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (whence loin),
Polish lędźwie (“loins”),
Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).
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