单词 | choose |
释义 | choose (chz) v. chose (chōz), cho·sen (chōzən), choos·ing, choos·es v.tr. 1. To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out: Which book did you choose at the library? 2. a. To prefer above others: chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store. b. To determine or decide: chose to fly rather than drive. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: To make a choice; make a selection: was used to doing as she chose. choose up Idiom: To choose players and form sides or teams for a game, such as baseball or softball. cannot choose but Can only do; cannot do otherwise: We cannot choose but to observe the rules. [Middle English chesen, from Old English cēosan; see geus- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] chooser n. |
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