partake

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɑːˈteɪk/    美 /pɑɹˈteɪk/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take part in an activity; to participate. formal,intransitive
    — Brutes partake in this faculty.
  2. To take a share or portion. formal,intransitive
    — Will you partake of some food?
  3. To have something of the properties, character, or office. archaic,intransitive
    — c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers the Attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster , who partakes of both qualities, partly of a judge in the court, and partly of an attorney-general

词形变化

partakes present,singular,third-person partaking participle,present partook past partaken participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
partakeable partaker repartake unpartaken unpartaking

词源

Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of Latin particeps (“participating”); equivalent to part + take. Compare take part. In the sense of taking a share or portion of something, displaced native Old English onbītan (“to taste of, to partake of”).
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