discern
中文来自 ECDICT
- v.
- 辨别，看清楚，了解
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 discernen
- 源自 ←古法语 discerner
- 源自 ←拉丁语 discernere “to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *krey-
词源说明
From Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to distinguish”); see certain.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
- (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
- (transitive) To distinguish something as being different