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单词 quest
释义

quest1 /kwest/

noun
  1. The act of seeking
  2. Search
  3. Pursuit
  4. An adventure, expedition or undertaking with the purpose of achieving or finding some definite object
  5. The object sought for
  6. A searching party
  7. A jury of inquest
  8. Inquiry, investigation
  9. The collection of alms or donations (RC)
  10. A searching for game by dogs, or their baying or barking on finding it
intransitive verb
  1. To go in search
  2. To go begging
  3. (of dogs) to search for game
  4. (of dogs) to bark, yelp
transitive verb

To go in quest of or after

ORIGIN: OFr queste (Fr quête), from L (rēs) quaesīta (a thing) sought, from quaerere, quaesītum to seek

questˈer noun

A person who goes on a quest (also (Shakespeare) questˈant and questˈrist)

questˈing noun and adjective

questˈingly adverb

queest /kwēst/, also quest /kwest/, quoist /kwoist/ and quist /kwist/ (Scot)

noun

The ringdove or wood pigeon

ORIGIN: See cushat
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