| 释义 |
bemoan, v.|bɪˈməʊn|
Forms: 1 bi-, -bemǽnan, 3 bimen-en, 4–5 bi-, bymene, 4–6 bemene, 5 bimeane; 6 beemone, bemoane, 6–7 bemone, 7– bemoan.
[OE. bi-, bemǽnan, f. bi-, be- + mǽnan to moan; the regular modern repr. of this would have been bemean: for the substitution of the existing form, see moan.]
1. trans. To moan for; to lament, weep for.
c1000ælfric Deut. xxxiv. 8 Þa heofungdaᵹas wæron þa ᵹefyllede þe hiᵹ Moisen bemændon. c1175Lamb. Hom. 13 Þenne wille ȝe..sunne bimenen. c1250Gen. & Ex. 4150 .xxx. daiȝes wep israel for his dead and bi-ment it wel. c1380Sir Ferumb. 4225 Ys trewe baronye be-mend him sore. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxx, They playne and the death bimeane Of worthy Hector. 1563Myrr. Mag., Induct. xvii. 2 Luckeles lot for to bemone. 1653Walton Angler i. 17 The children of Israel..bemoaning the ruines of Sion. a1732Gay Poems (1745) I. 97 Her piteous tale the winds in sighs bemoan. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge lix, She bemoaned her miseries in the sweetest voice.
2. refl. To lament or bewail one's lot.
c1220Bestiary 798 in O.E. Misc. 25 Bimene we us, we hauen don wrong. c1314Guy Warw. 5 He gan to wepe..And biment him wel reweliche. 1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle iv. xx. (1483) 67 See how my sone..Bymeneth hym in herte chere and voys. 1625Bacon Envy, Ess. (Arb.) 514 Politique persons..are euer bemoaning themselues, what a Life they lead. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 486 Tillotson bemoaned himself with unfeigned..sorrow to Lady Russell.
3. intr. or with subord. clause. To lament, grieve.
c1305St. Edm. Conf. 426 in E.E.P. 82 Hi bimende & ofþoȝte sore: þat hi hiȝede þider so faste. 1460in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 157 Yf thow owght morne, I shall bemene. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. i. ii. §5 We rather bemoan she lost it so soon. 1833Lamb Elia (1860) 238, I do not know whether I ought to bemoan or rejoice that my old friend is departed.
†4. trans. with cogn. obj.: To utter with moans.
1393Gower Conf. I. 346 His firste pleinte to bemene Unto the citee of Athene He goth him forth.
5. To express pity for, condole with.
c1300Beket 983 Therfore we ne bymeneth the noȝt: for thu noldest beo awar bifore. c1305St. Kenelm 236 in E.E.P. (1862) 54 He nere noȝt to bymene Þeȝ his larder were neȝ ido. 1611Bible Job xlii. 11 They bemoned him, and comforted him ouer all the euill..brought vpon him. |