well
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
感叹词 intj.
英 /ˈwɛl/
美 /ˈwɛl/|/ˈwel/
英文释义
名词 n.
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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.
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A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
— Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well.
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A small depression, e.g. suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
— Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
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A source of supply.
— Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled
- A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
- The cockpit of a sailboat.
- 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.
- A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
- A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
- The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
- The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
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A well drink.
— They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
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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.
- In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
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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.
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To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
— [Blood] welled from out the wound.
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To have something seep out of the surface.
— Her eyes welled with tears.
形容词 adj.
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In good health.
— I've been sick, but now I'm well.
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Highly satisfactory
— Everything well with you?
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Good, content.
— “How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
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Prudent; good; well-advised.
— In this respect it would be well for you to depart from the standard format and to indicate why you did what you did.
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Good to eat; tasty, delicious.
— This wahoo tastes val.
副词 adv.
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Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
— He does his job well.
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Completely, fully.
— I prefer a well done steak.
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To a significant degree.
— That author is well known.
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Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
— That guy rocks! I think he's called Matthew Lillard or sommat but he is well cool in Scream.
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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.
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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.”
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Used as a discourse marker.; Used as a hedge.
— “The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.”
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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.
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An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
— Well, well, well, what do we have here?
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An exclamation of indignance.
— Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!
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Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
— Well, lads? How's things?
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Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
— And what do you think you're doing? ... Well?
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衍生词
all's well that ends well
full well
all too well
all very well
as well
as well as
bloody well
damned well
damn well
darn well
do well
do well by doing good
do well for oneself
fare thee well
fully well
goddamned well
go over as well as a lead balloon
hail fellow well met
jolly well
just as well
know fine well
know full well
leave well alone
leave well enough alone
let well alone
let well enough alone
may as well
medium well
might as well
ne'er-do-well
over well
play one's cards well
play well with other
pretty well
sleep well
speak well of
to a fare-thee-well
well acquainted
well actually
well-adapted
well-adjusted
well-advised
well-aimed
well and truly
well-appointed
well-attested
well aware
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well-baked
well-balanced
well-beaten
well begun is half done
well-behaved
well-behavedly
well-behavedness
well-beloved
well-beseen
well-born
well-bred
well-breeched
well-brought-up
well-built
well-child clinic
well-connected
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well-defined
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well-deserved
well-designed
well-developed
well-disposed
well-documented
well-doing
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well-dressed
well-earned
well-educated
well-endowed
well-equipped
well-established
well-favored
well-favoured
well-fed
well-filled
well firmed
well-fitted
well-fixed
well-formed
well-formed formula
well-formedness
well-formedness rules
well-found
well-founded
well-foundedness
well-furnished
well-gowned
well-groomed
well-grounded
well-handed
well-handled
well-heeled
well-horned
well-hung
well-informed
well-intended
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well-kept
well-knit
well-known
well-laid
well-liked
well liked
well-liking
well-lit
well-looked
well loved
well-loved
well-made
well-made play
well-mannered
well-matched
well-meaner
well-meaning
well-meaningly
well-meant
well-merited
well met
well-minded
well-near
well-nigh
well-nourished
well-off
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well-offness
well-oiled
well-oiled machine
well-order
well-orderable
well-ordered
well-ordering
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well-padded
well-paid
well-placed
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well played
well-pleased
well-pointed
well-posed
well-posedness
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well-practised
well-prepared
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well-proportioned
well-publicised
well-publicized
well-put
well-qualified
well-read
well-received
well-regarded
well-regulated
well-respected
well-rested
well-room
well-rounded
well-run
well said
well-seen
well-served
well-set
well-settled
well-shaped
well-smithied
well-spoken
well spotted
well-stacked
well-stocked
well-stomached
well-tailored
well-tempered
well-tended
well-thewed
well-thought-of
well-thought-out
well-thriven
well-thumbed
well-timed
well-to-do
well-travelled
well-tried
well-trod
well-trodden
well-turned
well-upholstered
well-used
well versed
well-will
well-willer
well-willing
well-wish
well-wished
well-wisher
well-wishing
well-wooded
well-worn
wish someone well
wish well
wish you well
worried well
ja well no fine
very well
alive and well
get well
oh, well
well and good
well-being
ah well
oh well
well aye
well duh
welp
Abyssinian well
artesian well
Ashwell
Atwell
Bagot Well
Bakara Well
Bakewell
Bardwell Park
Bardwell Valley
blind well
Bothwell
Bracewell
Buckley Wells
Builth Wells
Caldwell
Calwell
Camberwell
Cardwell
Cherwell
Cheyenne Wells
Chigwell
Chilla Well
Chinaman Wells
Clay Wells
cold as a well-digger's arse
Crookwell
deep well
dipper well
draining-well
draw-well
dry well
dumb well
footwell
frog in a well
go to the well
gravitational well
gravity well
Greenwell Point
Hoddys Well
Hollywell
Holywell
hot well
ice well
Indian Wells
ink well
Jacobs Well
James Well
Lake Wells
light well
lightwell
livewell
Llandrindod Wells
Llangammarch Wells
Llanwrtyd Wells
Mabins Well
Maidenwell
Malvern Wells
Markwell
Millars Well
Mount Wells
New Well
Notts Well
oil well
Patrickswell
poison the well
potential well
quantum well
Schell Well
Shap Wells
snow well
spare tire well
spare tyre well
Speedwell
stairwell
stepwell
Taff's Well
Tenbury Wells
the jug goes to the well until it breaks
the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
tree well
Trigwell
truth lies at the bottom of a well
tube well
Tunbridge Wells
Two Wells
well-boat
well car
well deck
well drain
well dressing
well drilling
Well End
well flowering
well liquor
well logging
well-meaningness
well nut
well room
Wells Crossing
well sinker
wellspring
well wagon
well will
wet well
wheel well
White Well Corner
wildcat well
window well
wishing well
you don't miss the water till the well runs dry
you never miss the water till the well runs dry
you never miss the water until the well runs dry
upwell
well up
词源
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.
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”).
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”).
Cognate with German wallen (“boil, seethe”), Danish vælde (“gush”), Norwegian Nynorsk vella and outside Germanic, with Albanian valë (“hot, boiling”).
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