Cách phát âm (2)
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/ˈwiːn/
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[ˈwɪi̯n]
Danh từ
Doubt; conjecture.
Cách dùng- không còn dùng
Động từ
To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
Cách dùng- cổ ngữ
- Ví dụ
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And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not ween that there be scant 10000.
Thêm ví dụ (1)
And right as Arthur was on horseback there came a damosel from Morgan le Fay, and brought unto Sir Arthur a sword like unto Excalibur, and the scabbard, and said unto Arthur, Morgan le Fay sendeth here your sword for great love. And he thanked her, and weened it had been so, but she was false, for the sword and the scabbard were counterfeit, and brittle, and false.
Then sayde Peter unto hym: Perissh thou and thy money togedder. For thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money?
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Wise men in old time would ween themselves fools; Fools now in new time will ween themselves wise.
… for I ween he will no longer suffer him to abide among the adulterous and wicked Generation of this World.
But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
And that junior partnership, I ween, Was the only ship that I ever had seen.
Yet humble second shall be first, I ween
Little ween the snug card-players in the cabin of the responsibilities of the sleepless man on the bridge.
Klapaucius too, I ween, Will turn the deepest green To hear such flawless verse from Trurl’s machine.
To expect, hope or wish.
Cách dùng- lỗi thời
Động từ
To weep or cry.
Cách dùng- Northern-England
- Scotland
- hiếm
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The boy's mother weened day and night.
To lament.
Cách dùng- không còn dùng
Danh từ
wiener dog, dachshund
Cách dùng- tiếng lóng
Danh từ
penis
Cách dùng- tiếng lóng