wield

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 wēld

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rule, command; power, control, wielding. countable,uncountable
    — What boots it if I beat the heathen home, And fold the mountains in my wield, and fire […]
动词 v.
  1. To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
  2. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
    — The question isn't whether AI will reshape human society—it's whether its engineers will wield that power thoughtfully.
  3. To command, rule over; to possess or own. obsolete
    — There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.
  4. To control, to guide or manage. obsolete
    — With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends[…].
  5. To carry out, to bring about. obsolete
    — All is weill done, God wate, weild he hys will.

词形变化

wields present,singular,third-person wielding participle,present wielded participle,past wielded past wields plural welde alternative,obsolete weild alternative,obsolete weelde alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
bewield dual wield wieldsome wieldy

词源

词源 1
From Middle English welden, from the merger of Old English wealdan (“to control, rule”) (strong class 7) and Old English wieldan (“to control, subdue”) (weak). Both verbs derive from Proto-West Germanic *waldan and *waldijan, respectively; and are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”).
The reason for the merger was that in Middle English the -d in the stem made it hard to distinguish between strong and weak forms in the past tense.
词源 2
From Middle English welde, from Old English *wield, ġewield (“power, control, dominion”), from Proto-West Germanic *waldi, from Proto-Germanic *waldiz (“power, might, control”).
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