seld
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A seat, throne.
- A shop (in Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.
形容词 adj.
- Rare; uncommon.
- Unusual; unwonted.
副词 adv.
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Seldom.
— knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge.
词源
词源 1
From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).
词源 2
From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).
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