well

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
/ˈwɛl/    /ˈwɛl/|/ˈwel/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
    — The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
  2. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
    — Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well.
  3. A small depression, e.g. suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
    — Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
  4. A source of supply. figuratively
    — Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled
  5. A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
  6. The cockpit of a sailboat.
  7. A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
  8. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
  9. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
  10. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
  11. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
  12. The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
  13. A well drink.
    — They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
  14. The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
    — Tetris, the most widely played computer game of all time, is a problem-solving puzzle game. […] The player attempts to lock the falling shape smoothly together with the shapes in the well.
  15. In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
  16. The region of an interface that contains tabs.
    — You can reposition the order of documents in the window by clicking and dragging the tabs, or you can drag a tab out of the well and view a document in its own floating window.
动词 v.
  1. To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. intransitive
    — [Blood] welled from out the wound.
  2. To have something seep out of the surface. intransitive
    — Her eyes welled with tears.
形容词 adj.
  1. In good health.
    — I've been sick, but now I'm well.
  2. Highly satisfactory
    — Everything well with you?
  3. Good, content.
    — “How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
  4. Prudent; good; well-advised. uncommon
    — In this respect it would be well for you to depart from the standard format and to indicate why you did what you did.
  5. Good to eat; tasty, delicious. archaic
    — This wahoo tastes val.
副词 adv.
  1. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
    — He does his job well.
  2. Completely, fully.
    — I prefer a well done steak.
  3. To a significant degree.
    — That author is well known.
  4. Very (as a general-purpose intensifier). Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,slang
    — That guy rocks! I think he's called Matthew Lillard or sommat but he is well cool in Scream.
  5. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
    — I'm glad Joe got fired last week. I think we're well rid of him.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used as a discourse marker.
    — “So, what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic; and then it started raining, so we came home early.”
  2. Used as a discourse marker.; Used as a hedge.
    — “The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.”
  3. Used as a discourse marker.; Expressing reluctance to say something.
    — “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
  4. An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
    — Well, well, well, what do we have here?
  5. An exclamation of indignance.
    — Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!
  6. Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?" Ireland
    — Well, lads? How's things?
  7. Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
    — And what do you think you're doing? ... Well?

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词源 1
From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola vella, waal, wel, well, wull (“well”), Cimbrian boll, bóol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), German wohl, wol, woll (“well”), Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vel (“well”), Faroese væl (“well”), Swedish väl, waͤl (“well”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila, “well”). Related to will.
词源 2
From Middle English welle, from Old English wielle (“well”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ (“well, swirl, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn; wind; roll”).
Cognate with West Frisian wel (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), German Low German Well (“well”), German Welle (“wave”), Danish væld (“well; spring”), Swedish väl (“well”), Icelandic vella (“boiling; bubbling; eruption”).
词源 3
From Middle English wellen, from a merger of Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive), both meaning “to boil.” Further from Proto-Germanic *wallaną and *wallijaną. Doublet of wall.
Cognate with German wallen (“boil, seethe”), Danish vælde (“gush”), Norwegian Nynorsk vella and outside Germanic, with Albanian valë (“hot, boiling”).
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