worst

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/wɜːst/    /wɜɹst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something or someone that is the worst.
    — The humorist helps people to explore and confront their worsts
动词 v.
  1. To make worse. archaic,transitive
  2. To grow worse; to deteriorate. dated,intransitive
    — Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting.
  3. To outdo or defeat, especially in battle. rare
    — The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.
形容词 adj.
  1. superlative form of bad: most bad; Most inferior; doing the least good.
    — I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.
  2. superlative form of bad: most bad; Most unfavorable.
    — That's the worst news I've had all day.
  3. superlative form of bad: most bad; Most harmful or severe.
    — The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.
  4. superlative form of bad: most bad; Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
    — None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.
副词 adv.
  1. superlative form of badly: most badly; least well. form-of,superlative
    — My sore leg hurts worst when it's cold and rainy.

词形变化

worsts plural worsts present,singular,third-person worsting participle,present worsted participle,past worsted past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
词源 2
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
词源 3
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
词源 4
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse.
Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
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