rid

英 [r?d] 美[r?d]

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第三人稱單數:?rids;過去式:?rid;? ridded;過去分詞:?rid;? ridded;現在分詞:?ridding;

1. 諧音“離的”

rid 擺脫

來自古諾斯語 rhthja,清理土地，清理垃圾，來自 Proto-Germanic*reudijan,清理土地，來自 PIE*reudh,清理土地。后詞義通用化，用以指擺脫，清除。

rid: rid: [13] The verb rid was borrowed from Old Norse rythja, ancestor of modern Swedish r?dja, Danish rydde, and Norwegian rydja. This in turn went back to a prehistoric Germanic *rudjan. Its past participle rid has been used in the context be rid of, get rid of since the 15th century. Riddance is a 16th-century English coinage.
rid (v.): c. 1200, "clear (a space); set free, save," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse ryeja (past tense ruddi, past participle ruddr) "to clear (land) of obstructions," from Proto-Germanic *reudijan (cognates: Old High German riuten, German reuten "to clear land," Old Frisian rothia "to clear," Old English -royd "clearing," common in northern place names), from PIE root *reudh- "to clear land." The general sense of "to make (something) free (of something else)" emerged by 1560s. Senses merged somewhat with Northern English, Scottish, and U.S. dialectal redd. To get rid of (something or someone) is from 1660s. Related: Ridden; ridding.

1. The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption.: 這些提議試圖使這個國家擺脫政治腐敗。

2. Why couldn't he ever rid himself of those thoughts, those worries?: 為什么他總是無法擺脫那些想法和擔憂？