shrive

动词 v.
中文释义
发音 shrīv

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.). intransitive,transitive
    — If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me.
  2. To free from guilt, to absolve. transitive
    — I will not madly deem that power Of Earth may shrive me of the sin Unearthly pride hath revell’d in— […]
  3. To prescribe penance or absolution. transitive
  4. To confess, and receive absolution. intransitive,reflexive
    — c. 1798-1845, unknown author, The Croppy Boy 'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive.

词形变化

shrives present,singular,third-person shriving participle,present shrove past shrived past shriven participle,past shrived participle,past shrieve alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
shriver shriving-time shrove Shrove Monday Shrove Sunday Shrovetide Shrove Tuesday unshrived
相关词
scribe shrift Shrove Tuesday

词源

From Middle English schryven, from Old English sċrīfan (“1. to decree, pass judgement, prescribe, 3. (of a priest) to prescribe penance or absolution”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, from late Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”).
Compare West Frisian skriuwe (“to write”), Low German schrieven (“to write”), Dutch schrijven (“to write”), German schreiben (“to write”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skrive (“to write”), Swedish skriva (“to write”), Icelandic skrifa (“to write”). More at scribe and scribble.
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