wile

英 [waɪl] 美

英英释义

GRE扩展词汇

复数: wiles;第三人称单数: wiles;过去式: wiled;过去分词: wiled;现在分词: wiling;

1、Wicca => wile.
2、w <=> gu.
3、wile <=> guile.

wile 花招，欺骗

来自古英语wil,欺骗，诡计，词源同Wicca,wicked.拼写比较rule,regulate.

wile (n.): late Old English, wil "stratagem, trick, sly artifice," perhaps from Old North French *wile (Old French guile), or directly from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse vel "trick, craft, fraud," vela "defraud"). Perhaps ultimately related to Old English wicca "wizard" (see Wicca). Lighter sense of "amorous or playful trick" is from c. 1600.
wile (v.): late 14c., "to deceive," from wile (n.). Related: Wiled; wiling. Sense of "cause (time, etc.) to pass pleasantly, divert attention pleasantly" is by 1796, from confusion with while (v.).

1. Wile Charles was in prison; Sydney Carton had also arrived in Paris.: 查尔斯坐牢的时候, 悉尼·卡尔登也到巴黎来了.