row

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈɹəʊ/    /ˈɹoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
    — And there were windows in three rows.
  2. An act or instance of rowing.
    — I went for an early-morning row.
  3. A noisy argument. UK
    — There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
  4. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
  5. Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
  6. A continual loud noise. UK
    — Who's making that row?
  7. Clipping of cornrow. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,in-plural,slang
    — Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight.
动词 v.
  1. To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. intransitive,transitive
  2. To argue noisily. intransitive
  3. To transport in a boat propelled with oars. transitive
    — to row the captain ashore in his barge
  4. To be moved by oars. intransitive
    — The boat rows easily.

词形变化

rows plural rew alternative rows present,singular,third-person rowing participle,present rowed participle,past rowed past rows plural rows plural rows present,singular,third-person rowing participle,present rowed participle,past rowed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).
Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).
词源 2
From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder. Related to Russia.
词源 3
Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
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