中英互译
mend
英 /mend/美 /mend/
基本释义
- v.缝补,修补;修理;愈合,痊愈;弥合(分歧),解决(争端);(给火)添燃料
- n.好转,复苏;修理过的地方,补丁
第三人称单数mends
现在分词mending
过去式mended
过去分词mended
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词语例句
缝补,修补vt.
Men say that we are only good for cooking their meals and mending their socks.
男人们说我们只擅长给他们做饭和补袜子。
修理vt.
They took a long time to mend the roof.
他们花了好长时间修理房顶。
愈合,痊愈vt.&vi.
I'm feeling a lot better. The cut aches, but it's mending.
我感觉好多了。伤口还疼,但正在好转。
Time can always mend a broken heart.
时间总能治愈受伤的心。
弥合(分歧),解决(争端)vt.
He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries.
他派埃文斯作为他的私人代表去商讨改善两国关系的途径。
- My leg is definitely on the mend now.我的腿确实在好转。来自《牛津词典》
- They took a long time to mend the roof.他们花了好长时间修缮房顶。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Somebody helped me to mend the puncture.有人帮我补了车胎上的洞。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- on the mend在好转中
- mend one's fences修补篱笆;争取重新建立好关系
- mend a road修路
- Time can never mend时光永远无法弥补;时间无法弥补;时间永远都无法弥补;时间也无法弥补
- mend or end不改则废;要么改;或者改进
- on the mend在好转中;恢复健康;康复中;好转
- mend one's way改变作风;改变习惯;改正错误;改邪归正
- sew and mend缝补;缝和补;补裰
词语扩展
vi.
n.
好转,改进;修补处
词义分布
修补
27.7%
修理
26.5%
补
11.3%
修
9.7%
改进
7.6%
改善
6.3%
好转
4.2%
缝补
4.2%
修改
1.7%
补缀
0.8%
英英释义
- n.sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- n.the act of putting something in working order again
- v.restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- v.heal or recover
- v.to repair something
修理;修补- He earns money by mending bicycles.他靠修车挣钱。
词源
- mend修理,修补缩写自amend,修理。来自拉丁语emendare,修理,纠正错误,来自ex-,向外,menda,错误,缺陷,词源同mendicant,残疾人,行乞者。
- mend缝补,修理;纠正,改进来源于拉丁语中由前缀ex-(出)和名词menda/mendum(错误)组成的复合动词emendare(矫正,纠正)在通俗拉丁语中的变体admendare,在古法语中派生了动词amender,在英语中为amend,缩写形式为mend。 同源词:amend