forstand
构词拆分
for-前缀
(no longer productive) Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'. · (no longer productive) Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting oneself.
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stand词根/词干
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 forstanden
- 继承自 ←古英语 forstandan “to defend, help, protect, withstand, prevent, hinder, resist, oppose, benefit, avail, understand, signify, be equal to”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *frastandan “to understand, oppose”
词源说明
From Middle English forstanden, from Old English forstandan (“to defend, help, protect, withstand, prevent, hinder, resist, oppose, benefit, avail, understand, signify, be equal to”), from Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand, oppose”), equivalent to for- + stand. Cognate with West Frisian ferstean (“to understand”), Saterland Frisian ferstounde (“to understand”), Dutch verstaan (“to understand”), German verstehen (“to understand”). Compare also Norwegian Bokmål forstå (“to comprehend, understand”), Swedish förstå (“to comprehend, understand”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To understand; comprehend.