lent 音标拼音: [l'ɛnt]
vbl .
lend 的过去式和过去分词
lend 的过去式和过去分词
Lent n 1 :
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday [
synonym : {
Lent }, {
Lententide }]
Lend \
Lend \ (
l [
e ^]
nd ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Lent } (
l [
e ^]
nt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Lending }.] [
OE .
lenen ,
AS .
l [=
ae ]
nan ,
fr .
l [=
ae ]
n loan ;
akin to G .
lehnen to lend .
See {
Loan }.]
1 .
To allow the custody and use of ,
on condition of the return of the same ;
to grant the temporary use of ;
as ,
to lend a book ; --
opposed to {
borrow }.
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Give me that ring .
I '
ll lend it thee ,
my dear ,
but have no power To give it from me . --
Shak .
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2 .
To allow the possession and use of ,
on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind ;
as ,
to lend money or some article of food .
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Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury ,
nor lend him thy victuals for increase . --
Levit .
xxv .
37 .
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3 .
To afford ;
to grant or furnish in general ;
as ,
to lend assistance ;
to lend one '
s name or influence .
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Cato ,
lend me for a while thy patience . --
Addison .
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Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions . --
J .
A .
Symonds .
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4 .
To let for hire or compensation ;
as ,
to lend a horse or gig .
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Note :
This use of the word is rare in the United States ,
except with reference to money .
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{
To lend a hand },
to give assistance ;
to help . [
Colloq .]
{
To lend one '
s ears }
or {
To lend an ear },
to give attention .
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Lent \
Lent \ (
l [
e ^]
nt ),
imp . &
p .
p .
of {
Lend }.
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Lent \
Lent \,
n . [
OE .
lente ,
lenten ,
leynte ,
AS .
lengten ,
lencten ,
spring ,
lent ,
akin to D .
lente ,
OHG .
lenzin ,
langiz ,
G .
lenz ,
and perh .
fr .
AS .
lang long ,
E .
long ,
because at this season of the year the days lengthen .] (
Eccl .)
A fast of forty days ,
beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter ,
observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior .
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{
Lent lily } (
Bot .),
the daffodil ; --
so named from its blossoming in spring .
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Lent \
Lent \,
a . [
L .
lentus ;
akin to lenis soft ,
mild :
cf .
F .
lent .
See {
Lenient }.]
1 .
Slow ;
mild ;
gentle ;
as ,
lenter heats . [
Obs .] --
B .
Jonson .
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2 . (
Mus .)
See {
Lento }.
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59 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Lent ":
Advent ,
Allhallowmas ,
Allhallows ,
Allhallowtide ,
Annunciation ,
Annunciation Day ,
Ascension Day ,
Ash Wednesday ,
Candlemas ,
Candlemas Day ,
Carnival ,
Christmas ,
Corpus Christi ,
Easter ,
Easter Monday ,
Easter Saturday ,
Easter Sunday ,
Eastertide ,
Ember days ,
Epiphany ,
Good Friday ,
Halloween ,
Hallowmas ,
Holy Thursday ,
Holy Week ,
Lady Day ,
Lammas ,
Lammas Day ,
Lammastide ,
Lententide ,
Mardi Gras ,
Martinmas ,
Maundy Thursday ,
Michaelmas ,
Michaelmas Day ,
Michaelmastide ,
Ninth of Av ,
Palm Sunday ,
Pancake Day ,
Passion Week ,
Pentecost ,
Quadragesima ,
Quadragesima Sunday ,
Ramadan ,
Septuagesima ,
Shrove Tuesday ,
Trinity Sunday ,
Twelfth -
day ,
Twelfth -
tide ,
Whit -
Tuesday ,
White Sunday ,
Whitmonday ,
Whitsun ,
Whitsunday ,
Whitsuntide ,
Whitweek ,
Yom Kippur ,
fast day ,
jour maigre
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