vex
名词 n.
动词 v.
发音 vĕks
英文释义
名词 n.
- A trouble.
动词 v.
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To annoy, irritate.
— Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
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To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
— I will not again vex her ear with words of love, however true, however deep: ours is an evil destiny, and we may not control it!
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To trouble aggressively, to harass.
— In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregaciõ, to vexe them.
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To twist, to weave.
— some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
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To be irritated; to fret.
— Wake when thou would'st wake, fear nought, vex for nought
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To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
— White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
词汇关系
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词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin vexōbor.
Old French vexerbor.
Middle English vexen
English vex
From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.
Latin vexōbor.
Old French vexerbor.
Middle English vexen
English vex
From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin vexōbor.
Old French vexerbor.
Middle English vexen
English vex
From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.
Latin vexōbor.
Old French vexerbor.
Middle English vexen
English vex
From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.
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