mend

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mɛnd/    美 /mɛnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Senses relating to improvement or repairing.; An act of repairing. countable,uncountable
    — My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend.
  2. Senses relating to improvement or repairing.; A place in a thing (such as a tear in clothing) which has been repaired. countable,uncountable
  3. Senses relating to improvement or repairing.; Chiefly in on the mend: improvement in health; recovery from illness. countable,uncountable
    — Though he was fearfully weak, he found himself actually feeling better. The disease had spent itself, and the mend had begun.
  4. Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin. obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged). transitive
    — My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.
  2. To add fuel to (a fire). figuratively,transitive
    — [I]n, you Rogue, and vvipe the pigges, and mend the fire, that they fall not, or I'le both baſte and roaſt you, till your eyes drop out, like 'hem.
  3. To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy. figuratively,transitive
    — Dro[mio of Syracuse]. […] [S]he ſvveats a man may goe ouer-ſhooes in the grime of it. / Anti[pholus of Syracuse]. That's a fault that vvater vvill mend.
  4. To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right. figuratively,transitive
    — Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
  5. To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform. figuratively,transitive
    — Youle not endure him, god ſhall mend my ſoule, / Youle make a mutinie among my gueſts: […]
  6. In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace). figuratively,transitive
    — Cudgell thy braines no more about it, for your dull aſſe vvill not mend his pace vvith beating, […]
  7. To correct or put right the defects, errors, or faults of (something); to amend, to emend, to fix. archaic,figuratively,transitive
    — Salt Earth and bitter are not fit to ſovv, / Nor vvill be tam'd or mended vvith the Plough.
  8. To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else). archaic,figuratively,transitive
    — [N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him vvho can, the Ladies call him ſvveete.
  9. To make amends or reparation for (a wrong done); to atone. archaic,figuratively,transitive
    — Yee may sir, (quoth he), mend three nayes with one yee.
  10. To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal. figuratively,regional,transitive
    — Yearly thy Herds in vigour vvill impair; / Recruit and mend 'em vvith thy Yearly care: […]
  11. To adjust or correctly position (something; specifically (nautical), a sail). obsolete,transitive
    — VVhy he vvill looke vppon his boote, and ſing: mend the Ruffe and ſing, aske queſtions and ſing, picke his teeth, and ſing: I knovv a man that had this tricke of melancholy hold a goodly Mannor for a ſong.
  12. To put out (a candle). obsolete,transitive
  13. To add one or more things in order to improve (something, especially wages); to supplement; also, to remedy a shortfall in (something). figuratively,obsolete,transitive
    — VVill you goe vvith me, vvee'll mend our dinner here?
  14. To relieve (distress); to alleviate, to ease. figuratively,obsolete,transitive
  15. To reform (oneself). figuratively,obsolete,reflexive,transitive
    — [B]id the diſhoneſt man mend himſelf, if he mend, he is no longer diſhoneſt; […]
  16. To improve the condition or fortune of (oneself or someone). also,figuratively,obsolete,reflexive,transitive
    — [W]hatſoeuer is Nevv, is vnlooked for; And euer it mends Some, and pairs Other: […]
  17. To repair the clothes of (someone). England,obsolete,regional,transitive
    — "Ready?" said the old gentleman inquiringly, when his guests had been washed, mended, brushed, and brandied.
  18. To cause (a person or animal) to gain weight; to fatten. Northern-Ireland,Scotland,figuratively,obsolete,transitive
  19. Chiefly with the impersonal pronoun it: to provide a benefit to (someone); to advantage, to profit. Scotland,figuratively,obsolete,transitive
  20. Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal. figuratively,intransitive
    — My long ſickneſſe / Of Health, and Liuing, novv begins to mend, […]
  21. Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness. figuratively,intransitive
    — The queen is mending of her gout, and intends to be brought in a chair to parliament when it meets, […]
  22. Now only in least said, soonest mended: to make amends or reparation. archaic,figuratively,intransitive
    — You are in a peck of troubles, as most men are who are free-livers, and are led astray by artful and alluring females. However, as Lady Betty says, 'the least said the soonest mended.'
  23. To become morally improved or reformed. Scotland,figuratively,intransitive
    — Let ſhame come vvhen it vvill, I doe not callit, / […] / Mend vvhen thou canſt, be better at thy leaſure, / I can be patient, […]
    But, fare you well, old Nickie-ben [the Devil]! / O would you take a thought and mend!
  24. Chiefly used together with make: to make repairs. intransitive,obsolete
    — An evill pen, is that vvhich is ſouple or vveake, vvhich vvhen thou makeſt, or mendeſt, muſt haue a ſhort ſlit, and bee ſuffered to remaine great on both ſides, becauſe it is vveake; […]
  25. To advance to a better state; to become less bad or faulty; to improve. figuratively,intransitive,obsolete
    — Then would ye mend as the fletcher mends his bolt, / Or sowre ale mendeth in summer, […]
  26. To improve in amount or price. figuratively,intransitive,obsolete
  27. Of an error, fault, etc.: to be corrected or put right. figuratively,intransitive,obsolete
    — Young men, whose passions are not a little unruly, give small hopes of their ever being considerable; the fire of youth will of course abate, and is a fault, if it be a fault, that mends every day; but surely, unless a man has fire in his youth, he can hardly have warmth in old age.
  28. Followed by of: to recover from a bad state; to get better, to grow out of. figuratively,intransitive,obsolete
  29. Of an animal: to gain weight, to fatten. Northern-Ireland,Scotland,figuratively,intransitive,obsolete
  30. To advantage, to avail, to help. Scotland,figuratively,intransitive,obsolete

词形变化

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词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English menden (“to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent”), the aphetic form of amenden (“to alter, change (especially for the better); to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure; to excel, surpass; to forgive; to get or make better, improve; to make ready; to mend, repair, restore; to get well, recover; to relieve”), or from its etymon Anglo-Norman amender and Old French amender (“to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”) (modern French amender), from Latin ēmendāre, the present active infinitive of ēmendō (“to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + mendum (“defect; error, fault”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“defect; fault”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).
词源 2
Partly:
* (chiefly etymology 2 sense 2 (“recompense; restoration or reparation”)) from Middle English mend, mende (“cure, remedy; damages, recompense; atonement; penance; relief”), the aphetic form of amende, amendes (“retribution, amends; a fine; atonement; penance”) (though attested slightly earlier); or directly from its etymon Anglo-Norman amende, Middle French amende, and Old French amende (“a fine”) (modern French amende), from amender (verb) (see etymology 1); and
* from mend (verb).
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