weetv.¹

/wiːt/

Forms: Also 1500s wete, 1500s–1600s weete.

Etymology: representing Middle English wēte(n , variant forms wite(n infinitive and plural present indicative and subjunctive, and wite imperative and singular present subjunctive, of wit v.¹ (for the other parts of the verb see wot v., wist v.). From the middle of the 16th cent., if not earlier, the form weet seems to be obsolete in ordinary speech, but down to the second decade of the 17th cent. it was frequent as a literary archaism (chiefly poetic), as attributed in the drama to rustic speakers, and as a variant of wit in the phrases to do or give (a person) to wit, (that is) to wit. The archaistic use in the 16th and early 17th cent. was confined to the infinitive, the plural present, and the present participle; but the poets of the 18th cent. and later, who have used the word in imitation of Spenser, have often treated it as a regular verb, with 1st singular present I weet, and inflections weets, weeted. For the examples of wete before 1550, and of the phrases above-mentioned in which to weet = ‘to wit’, see wit v.¹

archaic.

(a) transitive. To know (a fact, the answer to a question); also with clause as obj. (b) intransitive. To know of something.In Shakespeare only once: see quot. a1616.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)]

canOE

to know of ——c1350

savoura1382

understanda1400

kenc1400

weeta1547

to keep up to1712

to know about ——1761

to be (or get) wise to1896

to wise up1905

to have heard of1907

to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to)1908

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)]

i-witec900

wit971

yknowOE

canOE

i-kenc1000

seeOE

yknowOE

understanda1131

knowlOE

can (or could) skillc1340

cona1387

havec1405

kyd1530

weeta1547

digest1549

wist1580

wis1606

savvy1686

sabe1850

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiii^v Then we in dout to Phebus temple sent Euripilus, to wete the prophesye.

1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete sig. D j Thy money..shal waste away, thou not weetynge how nor when.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Dd.iiii The innocent chyldren, that coulde not onelye be in no fault, but not so muche as weettynge of their fathers yll doynges.

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. Ci Tush man, is gammers neele found, that chould gladly weete.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xv. xxvi. 443 Then would I weet of our witchmongers the reason,..why.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. D7^v Forth he comes into the commune hall, Where..waite him many a gazing eye, To weet what end to straunger knights may fall.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. 3 That aged Sire..looked forth, to weet, if true indeede Those tydings were.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits sig. Aiv Curious parents may haue an art & maner to discouer the wit of their children, and may weet how to set ech of them in hand with that science wherein he shall principally profit.

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 53 Others diuine that they themselues did weete No other tree could yeelde their silken threede.

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) 103 When Percellye weareth a hatte All Pembrokeshire shall weete of that.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. i. 41 In which I binde One paine of punishment, the world to weete We stand vp Peerelesse.

1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen iv Me all too mean for such a Task I weet.1717 M. Prior Alma ii. 289 Well I weet, thy cruel Wrong Adorns a nobler Poet's Song.a1721 M. Prior Wandering Pilgrim in Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 5 The gracious Knight full well does weet, Ten farthings ne'er will do, To keep a man each day in meat.1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxiii Nor weeting how the Muse shou'd soar on high, Wishes, poor starv'ling Elf! his Paper-Kite may fly.1747 G. Ridley Psyche x, in Museum III. 83 Thou weetest not what Med'cines in them are.1751 M. Mendez Seasons xi, in G. Pearch Coll. Poems (1768) II. 238 And while the lambs in fainter voices bleat, Their mothers hang their head, in doleful plight I weet.1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iv. xiv. 82 But when one meets Another at the shrine, he inly weets, Tho' he says nothing, that the truth is known.a1846 G. A. Lundie Missionary Life Samoa iii. 17 Ah! little weet those who dwell at ease among their own people, what the missionary endures!1861 C. Patmore Angel in House ii. ii. xv Nature's infinite ostent Of lovely flowers..That weet not whether any heed.1865 A. C. Swinburne St. Dorothy in Poems & Ballads 302 That is a noble scripture, well I weet, That likens women to an empty can.1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xiii. 126 Well weeting that Fortune is fair and constant to no man.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

weetint.v.²

/wiːt/

Etymology: Echoic. Compare weet-weet int. and tweet int.

A. int.

An imitation of the cry of certain small birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [interjection] > imitation of call of bird

cockc1405

jug, jug1523

pewewea1525

te-whita1529

twit1602

sweet-sweet1606

weet-weet1808

weet1863

whee-oh1892

spink1898

tweet1992

1863 [see weet-bird n. at Compounds].

1900 Westm. Gaz. 3 Dec. 10/1 ‘Wheet, tweet, tweet’,..they [sc. quails] called in the meadows.

1934 P. Lynch Turf-cutter's Donkey x. 70 ‘Weet-a-weet!’ said the robin in a friendly voice.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride (1974) iii. ii. 233 As he approached the farm he heard the boy's voice call ‘wheet-wheet! wheet-wheet!’ and saw the bobbing line of ducks come at his bidding.

B. v.²

intransitive. Of a bird: To chirp or twitter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter

chirmOE

chattera1250

janglea1300

jargon?a1366

chirkc1386

chirtc1386

chitterc1386

twittera1387

chirpc1440

yipc1440

channerc1480

quitter1513

chirrup1579

chipper1593

pip1598

gingreate1623

chita1639

sweet1677

shatter17..

swee-swee1839

weet-weet1845

cheet1855

tweet1856

twiddle1863

weet1866

1866 Miss Matty 197 Often when I hear any of my little pets wheet, wheeting, as if in pain, I worry my old Nanny, and must have her to go out and see what is the matter.

1875 F. Buckland in G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne (1875) 410 In the autumn nightingales do not sing, they only wheet and kurr.

a1897 Lady C. Gurdon Suffolk Tales etc. 160 A robin weeting or chirping at the window foretells a death in the house.

Compounds

ˈweet-bird n. the wryneck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > jynx torquilla (wryneck)

wryneck1585

jynxa1657

yunx1694

barley-bird1766

long tongue1822

cuckoo's mate1831

snake-bird1831

pea-bird1838

writheneck1840

rinding-bird1849

weet-bird1863

mackerel bird1879

felling bird1883

turkey-bird1885

1863 J. R. Wise New Forest 186 The wry-neck..is in the Forest known as the ‘weet-bird’, from its peculiar cry of ‘weet’, which it will repeat at short intervals for an hour together.

Derivatives

ˈweeting adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > singing or chirping

chatteringa1250

chantinga1529

chippering1593

pipient1607

chirping1611

twittering1628

chittering1821

weeting1852

chirming1854

garrulous1854

1852 Zoologist 10 3649 I was completely surrounded by curious, restless weeting little willow-wrens.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	weet
释义	weetv.¹ /wiːt/ Forms: Also 1500s wete, 1500s–1600s weete. Etymology: representing Middle English wēte(n , variant forms wite(n infinitive and plural present indicative and subjunctive, and wite imperative and singular present subjunctive, of wit v.¹ (for the other parts of the verb see wot v., wist v.). From the middle of the 16th cent., if not earlier, the form weet seems to be obsolete in ordinary speech, but down to the second decade of the 17th cent. it was frequent as a literary archaism (chiefly poetic), as attributed in the drama to rustic speakers, and as a variant of wit in the phrases to do or give (a person) to wit, (that is) to wit. The archaistic use in the 16th and early 17th cent. was confined to the infinitive, the plural present, and the present participle; but the poets of the 18th cent. and later, who have used the word in imitation of Spenser, have often treated it as a regular verb, with 1st singular present I weet, and inflections weets, weeted. For the examples of wete before 1550, and of the phrases above-mentioned in which to weet = ‘to wit’, see wit v.¹ archaic. (a) transitive. To know (a fact, the answer to a question); also with clause as obj. (b) intransitive. To know of something.In Shakespeare only once: see quot. a1616. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)] canOE to know of ——c1350 savoura1382 understanda1400 kenc1400 weeta1547 to keep up to1712 to know about ——1761 to be (or get) wise to1896 to wise up1905 to have heard of1907 to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to)1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] i-witec900 wit971 yknowOE canOE i-kenc1000 seeOE yknowOE understanda1131 knowlOE can (or could) skillc1340 cona1387 havec1405 kyd1530 weeta1547 digest1549 wist1580 wis1606 savvy1686 sabe1850 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiii^v Then we in dout to Phebus temple sent Euripilus, to wete the prophesye. 1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete sig. D j Thy money..shal waste away, thou not weetynge how nor when. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Dd.iiii The innocent chyldren, that coulde not onelye be in no fault, but not so muche as weettynge of their fathers yll doynges. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. Ci Tush man, is gammers neele found, that chould gladly weete. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xv. xxvi. 443 Then would I weet of our witchmongers the reason,..why. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. D7^v Forth he comes into the commune hall, Where..waite him many a gazing eye, To weet what end to straunger knights may fall. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. 3 That aged Sire..looked forth, to weet, if true indeede Those tydings were. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits sig. Aiv Curious parents may haue an art & maner to discouer the wit of their children, and may weet how to set ech of them in hand with that science wherein he shall principally profit. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 53 Others diuine that they themselues did weete No other tree could yeelde their silken threede. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) 103 When Percellye weareth a hatte All Pembrokeshire shall weete of that. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. i. 41 In which I binde One paine of punishment, the world to weete We stand vp Peerelesse. View more context for this quotation 1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen iv Me all too mean for such a Task I weet.1717 M. Prior Alma ii. 289 Well I weet, thy cruel Wrong Adorns a nobler Poet's Song.a1721 M. Prior Wandering Pilgrim in Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 5 The gracious Knight full well does weet, Ten farthings ne'er will do, To keep a man each day in meat.1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxiii Nor weeting how the Muse shou'd soar on high, Wishes, poor starv'ling Elf! his Paper-Kite may fly.1747 G. Ridley Psyche x, in Museum III. 83 Thou weetest not what Med'cines in them are.1751 M. Mendez Seasons xi, in G. Pearch Coll. Poems (1768) II. 238 And while the lambs in fainter voices bleat, Their mothers hang their head, in doleful plight I weet.1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iv. xiv. 82 But when one meets Another at the shrine, he inly weets, Tho' he says nothing, that the truth is known.a1846 G. A. Lundie Missionary Life Samoa iii. 17 Ah! little weet those who dwell at ease among their own people, what the missionary endures!1861 C. Patmore Angel in House ii. ii. xv Nature's infinite ostent Of lovely flowers..That weet not whether any heed.1865 A. C. Swinburne St. Dorothy in Poems & Ballads 302 That is a noble scripture, well I weet, That likens women to an empty can.1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xiii. 126 Well weeting that Fortune is fair and constant to no man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). weetint.v.² /wiːt/ Etymology: Echoic. Compare weet-weet int. and tweet int. A. int. An imitation of the cry of certain small birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [interjection] > imitation of call of bird cockc1405 jug, jug1523 pewewea1525 te-whita1529 twit1602 sweet-sweet1606 weet-weet1808 weet1863 whee-oh1892 spink1898 tweet1992 1863 [see weet-bird n. at Compounds]. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 3 Dec. 10/1 ‘Wheet, tweet, tweet’,..they [sc. quails] called in the meadows. 1934 P. Lynch Turf-cutter's Donkey x. 70 ‘Weet-a-weet!’ said the robin in a friendly voice. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride (1974) iii. ii. 233 As he approached the farm he heard the boy's voice call ‘wheet-wheet! wheet-wheet!’ and saw the bobbing line of ducks come at his bidding. B. v.² intransitive. Of a bird: To chirp or twitter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter chirmOE chattera1250 janglea1300 jargon?a1366 chirkc1386 chirtc1386 chitterc1386 twittera1387 chirpc1440 yipc1440 channerc1480 quitter1513 chirrup1579 chipper1593 pip1598 gingreate1623 chita1639 sweet1677 shatter17.. swee-swee1839 weet-weet1845 cheet1855 tweet1856 twiddle1863 weet1866 1866 Miss Matty 197 Often when I hear any of my little pets wheet, wheeting, as if in pain, I worry my old Nanny, and must have her to go out and see what is the matter. 1875 F. Buckland in G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne (1875) 410 In the autumn nightingales do not sing, they only wheet and kurr. a1897 Lady C. Gurdon Suffolk Tales etc. 160 A robin weeting or chirping at the window foretells a death in the house. Compounds ˈweet-bird n. the wryneck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > jynx torquilla (wryneck) wryneck1585 jynxa1657 yunx1694 barley-bird1766 long tongue1822 cuckoo's mate1831 snake-bird1831 pea-bird1838 writheneck1840 rinding-bird1849 weet-bird1863 mackerel bird1879 felling bird1883 turkey-bird1885 1863 J. R. Wise New Forest 186 The wry-neck..is in the Forest known as the ‘weet-bird’, from its peculiar cry of ‘weet’, which it will repeat at short intervals for an hour together. Derivatives ˈweeting adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > singing or chirping chatteringa1250 chantinga1529 chippering1593 pipient1607 chirping1611 twittering1628 chittering1821 weeting1852 chirming1854 garrulous1854 1852 Zoologist 10 3649 I was completely surrounded by curious, restless weeting little willow-wrens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < v.¹a1547int.v.²1852
随便看	to keep level-coil to keep levelcoil to keep low company to keep maigre to keep market to keep measure to keep measure a measure to keep measures to keep measures a measure to keep measures with to keep mell in shaft to keep mum to keep nit to keep nix to keep noise to keep off to keep off the grass to keep on to keep on a split yarn to keep on a tight rein to keep on at a score to keep on ice to keep on keeping on to keep on lock to keep on the edge of her seat

weetv.1

weetint.v.2

Compounds

Derivatives

weetv.¹

weetint.v.²