vain

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /veɪn/    美 /veɪn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To frustrate. dated,obsolete,rare,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
    — Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
  2. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
    — I will not hear thy vain excuse
  3. Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
    — vain toil    a vain attempt
  4. Showy; ostentatious.
    — Yet ſhall (my Lord) your juſt, your noble Rules / Fill half the land with imitating Fools: / VVho random dravvings from your ſheets ſhall take, / And of one beauty many blunders make; / Load ſome vain Church with old Theatric State, / Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate, […]

词形变化

vainer comparative more vain comparative vainest superlative most vain superlative wayn alternative,obsolete vains present,singular,third-person vaining participle,present vained participle,past vained past wayn alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
conceited narcissistic self-adoring self-admiring self-obsessed vain vainglorious
反义词
modest nonnarcissistic
上位词
coxcombical proud self-absorbed
衍生词
Richard of York gave battle in vain take someone's name in vain in vain vainness vainly
相关词
vanity one-dimensional shallow superficial arrogance beauty

词源

词源 1
From Middle English veyn, from Old French vain, from Latin vānus (“empty”).
词源 2
A conversion of the adjectival form of vain. The only use of this verb in English appears c. 1628 in the writings of Owen Felltham.
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