let

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
    — Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?” “O certainly a Good Let sir.”
  2. An obstacle or hindrance. obsolete
    — without let or hindrance
  3. The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
动词 v.
  1. To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). transitive
    — After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
  2. To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something). archaic
    — He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
  3. To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone. transitive
    — Let me be!
  4. To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening. obsolete
    — & there was syr Mordred redy awaytynge vpon his londage to lette his owne fader to lāde vp the lande that he was kyng ouer. "And there was Sir Mordred ready awaiting upon his landing, to let his own father to land upon the land that he was king over."
  5. To allow the release of (a fluid). transitive
    — The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
  6. To tarry or delay. obsolete
    — And for that strake I would not let, / Another upon him soon I set, […]
  7. To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent. UK,transitive
    — I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.
  8. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out. transitive
    — to let the building of a bridge;  to let out the lathing and the plastering
  9. Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction. auxiliary,transitive
    — Let's put on a show!
  10. To cause (+ bare infinitive). transitive
    — Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?
    So after a while King Pellinore came with a great host and saluted the people and the king, and there was great joy on every side. Then the king let search how many people of his faction were slain. And there were found only a little more than two hundred men slain, and eight knights of the Table Round in their pavilions.

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
allow permit
衍生词
bloodlet buy-to-let buy to let don't let the bedbugs bite don't let the door hit you on the way out forlet if it's yellow let it mellow inlet let alone let a sleeping dog lie let a thousand flowers bloom let be let blood let bygones be bygones let crazy stick its dick in you let down let drive let fluffy off the chain let fly let George do it let go let her rip let he who is without sin cast the first stone let him that is without sin cast the first stone let him who is without sin cast the first stone let in let in on let into let it all hang out let it alone let it be let it be known let it snow let know let lie let loose let me count the ways let me see let me tell you let nature take her course let nature take its course let-off let off let off steam let on let one go let one loose let one off let one rip let one's guard down let one's hair down let one's nuts hang let one's short back and sides down let out let past let rip let's let sleeping dogs lie let slide let slip let someone have it let someone hold let someone loose let something ride let something slip lettable letter let that sink in let the buyer beware let the cat out let the cat out of the bag let the chips fall where they may let the cobbler stick to his last let the devil out let the dice fall where they may let the dog see the rabbit let the door hit you where the good Lord split you let the good times roll let the grass grow round one's feet let the grass grow under one's feet let the matter drop let them eat cake let them have it let the perfect be the enemy of the good let there be light let the sleeping dogs lie let things alone let things be let this cup pass from me let through lettor let up let us let us count the ways let us go let us see let well alone let well enough alone live and let live live-and-let-live offlet outlet relet re-let ship and let ship sublet take the cash and let the credit go to let underlet unlet without let or hindrance

词源

词源 1
Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).
词源 2
Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.
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