wend: [OE] Wend comes from the prehistoric Germanic base *wand-, *wend- ‘turn’, which also produced German and Dutch wenden, Swedish vända, and Danish vende ‘turn’ (and English wand and wander). It started off meaning ‘turn’ in English too, but it soon broadened out to ‘go’, and from the end of the 15th century its past form went has been used as the past tense of go. => wand, wander, wind
wend (v.)
"to proceed on," Old English wendan "to turn, direct, go; convert, translate," from Proto-Germanic *wanjan (cognates: Old Saxon wendian, Old Norse venda, Swedish vända, Old Frisian wenda, Dutch wenden, German wenden, Gothic wandjan "to turn"), causative of PIE *wendh- "to turn, wind, weave" (see wind (v.1)). Surviving only in to wend one's way, and in hijacked past tense form went. Originally weak; strong past participle is from c. 1200.
Wend (n.)
member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany, 1610s (implied in Wendish), from German Wende, from Old High German Winida, related to Old English Winedas "Wends," of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Celtic *vindo- "white," or from PIE *wen-eto- "beloved," from *wen- (1) "to desire." Related: Wendish.
中文解释
1. wend one's home2. wend one's way
实用例句
1. McDonalds , Burger King and Wend's are found everywhere in America.
这类决荣馆加麦当分汉堡王、文蒂馆等在美国到处可见.
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2. Alexander Wend interpreted culture of international system and its change.
温特阐释国际体系文化及其变迁,约瑟夫.
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3. Canals - some clean enough to sustain fish - wend their way through this charming cityscape.
运河 – 有些清澈得足以养鱼–蜿蜒穿过这副迷人的城市景观.
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4. I meet up with another writer and we wend our way through downtown.
