wild

英[waɪld]美[waɪld]
  • adj. 野生的;野蛮的;狂热的;荒凉的
  • n. 荒野
  • adv. 疯狂地;胡乱地
  • n. (Wild)人名;(英)怀尔德;(法、德、葡、捷、匈)维尔德

词态变化


复数: wilds;名词: wildness;

中文词源


wild 野的

来自PIE*welt,林地,野地,野外,词源同wold,vole.

英文词源


wild
wild: [OE] Wild is a general Germanic word, shared by German and Dutch (wild) and Swedish and Danish (vild). All go back to a prehistoric ancestor *wilthijaz, which in turn was probably descended from Indo-European *ghwelt- (source of Welsh gwyllt ‘wild’). The derivative wilderness [OE] etymologically denotes the ‘condition of being a wild animal’.

It originated as an abstract noun formed from Old English wild dēor ‘wild animal’. But by the time it appears in texts, the modern sense ‘wild land’ is complete. The noun is thought to have been the source of the now defunct verb wilder, which probably served as the basis of bewilder [17]. Wildebeest [19] was acquired from Afrikaans.

=> bewilder, wilderness
wild (n.)
"uncultivated or desolate region," 1590s, in the wilds. From wild (adj.). Earlier it meant "wild animal" (c. 1200).
wild (adj.)
Old English wilde "in the natural state, uncultivated, untamed, undomesticated, uncontrolled," from Proto-Germanic *wilthja- (cognates: Old Saxon wildi, Old Norse villr, Old Frisian wilde, Dutch wild, Old High German wildi, German wild, Gothic wilþeis "wild," German Wild (n.) "game"), from PIE root *welt- "woodlands; wild" (see wold).
Ursula ... hath bin at all the Salsbury rasis, dancing like wild with Mr Clarks. [letter, 1674]
Meaning "sexually dissolute, loose" is attested from mid-13c. Meaning "distracted with excitement or emotion, crazy" is from 1590s. U.S. slang sense of "exciting, excellent" is recorded from 1955. As an adverb from 1540s. Baseball wild pitch is recorded from 1867. Wildest dreams attested from 1717. Wild West in a U.S. context recorded by 1826. Wild Turkey brand of whiskey (Austin Nichols Co.) in use from 1942.
wild (v.)
"to run wild, refuse to be tamed," Old English awildian (see wild (adj.)). Wilding (n.) in the teen gang sense first recorded 1989. Earlier it meant "plant that grows without cultivation" (1520s).

双语例句


1. There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
他站在那儿,头发乱成一团,下巴上一片黑胡茬。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside.
我们惊动了一只一直在路边觅食的野猪。

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3. When angry or excited, however, he could be wild, profane, and terrifying.
但愤怒或激动的时候,他也会发狂、会骂人、令人生畏。

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4. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
山坡下面,野山羊咩咩地轻声叫着。

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5. Benedict had been a wild boy and a quarrelsome young man.
贝内迪克特小时候野性难驯,年轻时又爱与人争吵。

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