worry

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈwʌ.ɹi/|/ˈwɒ.ɹi/    美 /ˈwʌ.ɹi/|/ˈwɒ.ɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strong feeling of anxiety. countable,uncountable
    — I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.
  2. An instance or cause of such a feeling. countable,uncountable
    — My main worry is that I'll miss the train.
  3. A person who causes worry. countable,uncountable
    — They could never make him speak a word, although he was old enough, in short, he was a perfect worry night and day.
动词 v.
  1. To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. intransitive
    — So you go along for a long time / And nothing seems to worry your mind / But what it adds up to / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you
  2. Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise. transitive
    — Your tone of voice worries me.
  3. To harass; to irritate or distress. transitive
    — The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
  4. To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf. transitive
    — Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
  5. To touch repeatedly; to fiddle with. transitive
    — Christian paced the caravan, worrying his beard.
  6. To strangle. Scotland,obsolete,transitive
    — We read (Law's Memor. Pref. lix.) that "one John Brugh, a notorious warlock (wizard) in the parochin of Fossoquhy, by the space of thirty-six years, was worried at a stake and burned, 1643."

词形变化

worries present,singular,third-person worrying participle,present worried participle,past worried past worries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
beworry don't worry don't worry your pretty little head not to worry worried worry along worry back worry down worry someone sick a worry shared is a worry halved muffin worry sick with worry worrisome worry beads worry-free worryful worryless worry line worry stone worry-wart

词源

词源 1
From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).
Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit वृहति (vṛhati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.
词源 2
From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).
Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit वृहति (vṛhati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.
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