fend
英 [fend]
美
- vt. 谋生；保护；挡开；供养
- vi. 照料；供养；力争
词态变化
第三人称单数: fends;过去式: fended;过去分词: fended;现在分词: fending;
助记提示
1. defend => fend.
中文词源
fend 挡开
缩写自defend, 挡开。
英文词源
- fend (v.)
- c. 1300, "defend, guard; protect; put up a fight; excuse or justify; forbid, bar," shortening of defend. From mid-14c. as "make a defense" and (usually with off (adv.)) "ward off, beat off, keep at a distance." Developed a meaning "make provision, give care" in Scottish English (16c.); hence to fend for oneself (1620s) "see to one's own defense." Related: Fended; fending.
双语例句
- 1. He raised his hand to fend off the blow.
- 他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.
- 我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes.
- 他举手将树枝从他眼前档开.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer.
- 他曾想方设法还债主的钱，但却再也躲不过他们了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The old couple have no one to do housework; they have to fend for themselves.
- 没有人为两位老人做家务; 他们得自己照顾自己.
来自《简明英汉词典》