would

中文来自 ECDICT

aux.: 将，愿意

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←古英语 wolde
继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *willjan
继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *wiljaną
源自 ←原始印欧语 *welh₁-

词源说明

From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will.

The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in should and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).

释义（英文）

动词 Verb

Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

名词 Noun

Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

感叹词 Interjection

(slang, idiomatic) Ellipsis of I would, used to denote that the speaker finds another person sexually attractive.

词族

派生词（41）

as fate would have it as luck would have it who would have guessed