dole
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 救济品,失业救济金
- vt.
- 发放救济
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演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Polish dola (“fate, cut”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal. First attested in the late 12th c. The verb is first attested in the mid-15th c.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- (uncountable) Distribution; dealing; apportionment. [late 12th c.]
- (uncountable, by extension) Money or other goods given as charity. [late 15th c.]
- (uncountable, informal, often with the) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits. [1919]
- (countable) A boundary; a landmark.
- (countable, UK dialectal) A void space left in tillage.
动词 Verb
- (intransitive) To distribute
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释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- Alternative form of dhole (“Asian wild dog”).