was
动词 v.
发音 wəz
英文释义
动词 v.
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first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
— I was castigated and scorned.
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third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
— It was a really humongous slice of cake.
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Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
— There was three of them there.
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second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
— You was pleased to cast a favourable eye upon me.
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first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
— “What happened here, Hadley?” the chief asked. “We was robbed, damn it, we was robbed.”
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third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
— When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now baby / Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah
词源
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-
Proto-Germanic *was
Old English wæs
Middle English was
English was
From Middle English was, from Old English wæs, from Proto-Germanic *was, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂we-h₂wós-e from *h₂wes- (“to reside”), whence also vestal.
See also Scots was, West Frisian was (dated, wie is generally preferred today), Dutch was, Low German was, German war, Swedish var); also Kamkata-viri vos-, Sanskrit उवास (uvā́sa).
The paradigm of “to be” has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form be is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become”). The forms is and are are both derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Lastly, the past forms starting with w- such as was and were are from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”).
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-
Proto-Germanic *was
Old English wæs
Middle English was
English was
From Middle English was, from Old English wæs, from Proto-Germanic *was, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂we-h₂wós-e from *h₂wes- (“to reside”), whence also vestal.
See also Scots was, West Frisian was (dated, wie is generally preferred today), Dutch was, Low German was, German war, Swedish var); also Kamkata-viri vos-, Sanskrit उवास (uvā́sa).
The paradigm of “to be” has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form be is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become”). The forms is and are are both derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Lastly, the past forms starting with w- such as was and were are from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”).
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